Finance - General Decision Logs - 2021

Description Of Request

1) The amount that An Garda Siochana spent on Interpreter Services in the years of 2019 and 2020 in tabular form
2) The top 8 countries in which Interpreter Services were required in the years of 2019 and 2020 in tabular form
3) If Gardai have full access to interpreter services via Garda issued radio when dealing with members of the public on the roadside who have little or no English on a 24/7 basis
4) The name of the contract that provide Interpreter Services to An Garda Siochana; When the contract is provide Interpreter Services with the current contract due to expire

The amount spent by the Garda on public relations for the entire of 2020 and 2019. (I know the FOI has previously sent out FOI response concerning PR for a portion of 2020 but I am seeking the information for the entire year)

The individual amounts paid by the Gardai to named PR firms/practitioners and the service they provided during 2020.

In accordance with Section 7 of the above mentioned Act, I wish to request the following records which I believe to be held by An Garda Síochána:

1. The amount paid by year by An Garda Síochána to speed-camera operators Go Safe.

This should include all data from 1 January, 2010 to December 31, 2020.

Original Request:
In accordance with Section 7 of the above mentioned Act, I wish to request the following records which I believe to be held by An Garda Síochána

1. The amount of money spent on firearms and ammunition by An Garda Síochána.
2. The amount of firearms decommissioned by An Garda Síochána.

Clarification of Part 2:
In this request I mean the decommissioning of firearms held by specialist units of An Garda Síochaná.

In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I wish to request

- a breakdown of the support and maintenance services costs paid to Accenture as per Q3 Purchase orders.
- any tenders relating to the same.

We are seeking the following information pursuant to the forementioned Acts which is within the ambit of both finance and procurement:
1. Total amount spent by an Garda Siochana at Mourne Shooting Grounds Ltd., Boraghy, Loughmourne, Castleblaney, Co. Monagahn for the years ending:
- 31st December 2019
- 31st December 2020
- 2021 to date

2. Total amount spent by an Garda Siochana at shooting ranges in Ireland from 1st January 2014 - present.

• Statistics for the spend on rental properties by An Garda Síochána nationally annually from 2014 to 2021.
• How many rental properties have been leased by An Garda Síochána from 2014 to 2021.
• A breakdown of what purpose these rental properties used for?
• County by County, or Divisional, breakdown of the locations of the rental properties.
• How long are the leases for such properties.
• Reasons for renting such properties.

• The number of dogs currently working with An Garda Síochana and the comparative number for the five years previously, broken down by breed of dog and the area in which they work (e.g. 10 English Springer Spaniels in drug detection).
• The amount spent on a) acquiring and b) training dogs to work with An Garda Síochana on an annual basis.
• The number of arrests made last year with the assistance of a dog, and the comparative number for the five years previously.
• The largest seizure made with the assistance of a dog last year, and for the five years previously.
• The dog which has had the highest number of successful seizures in the past five years, including the number and details of the seizures the dog was involved in.
• The number of bodies recovered from land or water with the assistance of dogs in the past five years.

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

I request that a digital copy of the following records be provided to Radio Kerry:

All invoices/receipts held by the Kerry Garda Division, if any, for private transport costs, including taxis, for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020. I am not seeking invoices/receipts relating to garda vehicles.

I would like to apply for the following records under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 and 2003 and which I believe to be in your records.

1. Money allocated to the Diversity and Integration Unit from 2000-2021. And separately money allocated to the Diversity Unit for training Garda Officers 2019-2021.

2. Reports of Far Right movement- specifically how many "online attacks" occurred and recorded 2019-2021 so far.

3. Plans on Gardi training in the future for Anti-Racism Acts and how they will be implemented

4. Proof of how the IREC affects change. Ex: What enforcement mechanisms are at their disposal?

1) As of 13 May 2021 The amount of revenue that is still outstanding to An Garda Siochana in regards to non public duty charges for events that were policed in 2019 and Q1, 2020; Please include the name of organisation that has yet to fully pay AGS their agreed amount for policing their event; and the amount of fee that is currently outstanding per event in tabular form
2) If AGS charge a penalty fee which applies where the non public duty charges owed Gardai is not fully paid within the subsequent 12 months of event eg Amount of funds outstanding plus 20% of total charge fee as penalty etc regarding events that were policed in either 2019 or Q1, 2020
3) If AGS have issued legal action against event organiser regarding the failure to fully pay non public duty charges for which Gardai policed their event in 2019 and Q1, 2020 in tabular form

I would like to make a FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. Under section 7 of this act, I would like access to the records held by An Garda Siochana. The information I am seeking relates the road traffic enforcement fines revenue relating to the R113 Newtownpark Avenue, Co. Dublin.

In excel or pdf format, I am seeking the monthly monetary amount of all Fixed Charge Notices issued by An Garda Siochana on this road from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020, broken down by offence group (if possible).

I was wondering if you could tell me the following details under the Freedom of Information Act 2014

1) The amount An Garda Siochana spent on purchasing Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Suites in the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to-date in 2021 in tabular
2) The name of the company that provides An Garda Siochana with CBRN suits
3) When has the current contract to supply CBRN Suits to AGS commenced and when is it to expire eg Contract commenced January 2020 and will expire in December 2022 etc

Information sought:
(1) Records created between 1 January 2019 to the date of this request, relating to the disposal by An Garda Siochana or its agents , of bicycles recovered as stolen but unclaimed, in financial year 2019, including written procedures, means of sale, gross disposal proceeds, costs deducted and the distribution by AGS of the net proceeds
Format in which information is sought
By email, either directly in the body of the email or as an attachment in any standard format eg xls,xlsx,doc, docx, pdf, rtf, txt
Any other information
(a) I am trying to establish how many bicycles were sold by or on behalf of AGS in 2019, the range of individual gross sales, eg €50-5,000, the gross sales value, any costs deducted and how AGS distributed the net proceeds.
(b) I am trying to find out how the bicycles were sold, eg auction, classified ad.
(c) I assert that records relating to the disposal of assets by CAB are administrative records within the meaning of the FOI legislation as it relates to AGS.

1) The amount An Garda Siochana spent on maintenance of Garda Controlled CCTV Cameras in 2020 and to-date in 2021 in tabular form
2) The number of Garda Controlled CCTV Cameras per location as of 15th June 2021 eg Cork City Centre has 30 Garda CCTV Cameras etc; as of that date were all Garda CCTV Cameras in full working order in each location in tabular form
3) If all Garda Controlled CCTV Cameras are monitored on 24/7/365 based

in tabular form
the yearly total, comprising salaries and other pay and non-pay related expenditure, for all available years
Spent by the state on the Gardai in providing security to the us military at Shannon.

1)The amount An Garda Siochana spent on purchasing state of the art drones and or equipment for the drones in the years of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to-date in 2021 in tabular form
2)As of 22nd June 2021 The number of drones in use by An Garda Siochana (excluding training purposes)
3)The Garda Diversions that currently have access to drones upon request as of 22nd June 2021
4)The number of Gardai who have successfully been trained in the usage of the drones as of 22nd June 2021

(1) Records created between 1 January 2019 to the date of this request, relating to the disposal by the Drogheda district of An Garda Siochana or its agents , of bicycles recovered as stolen or missing, but unclaimed, in financial year 2019, including written procedures, means of sale, gross disposal proceeds, costs deducted.

I would like to make a request under the 2014 Freedom of Information Act. I would like to request the total amount spent by An Garda Síochána on products from NSO Group (also known as Westbridge in North America, and OSY Technologies in Luxembourg), in the period January 2015 - July 2021.

I was wondering if you could tell me the following details under the Freedom of information Act 2014

1) The total amount that An Garda Siochana has spent on external veterinary services for the animals in both the Garda Mounted Unit and the Garda Dog Unit in the years of 2019, 2020 and to-date in 2021 in tabular form
2) The amount An Garda Siochana have paid each external vets for external veterinary services for either Garda Mounted Unit or Garda Dog Unit in each of the years in question in tabular form
3) When the current contract to provide external veterinary services to the Garda Mounted Unit and Garda Dog Unit will expire

Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following:
- a copy of the invoices/receipts associated with the purchase of a car for the Minister for Foreign Affairs last November.
- a copy of the specification documents for the car.
- copies of any correspondence between AGS and DFA with regard to the purchase of this car.
I would prefer to receive this information electronically, ideally in its original electronic format.

I wish to apply under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 for the following information relating to finance/procurement

1. The amount spent by AGS at shooting ranges in each of the years 2010 to 2021
2. The names of shooting ranges where AGS expenditure occurred

1) The amount spent on repairing damage to bicycles used by officers since 2016.
2) The amount spent on clothing and equipment for bike trained officers since 2016.
3) The amount of bicycles currently in use by An Garda Siochana.
4) The amount spent on training and equipment for An Garda Siochana's horseriding officers since 2016.
5) The cost of maintaining the horses used by An Garda Siochana.

We are seeking the following information pursuant to the forementioned Acts which is within the ambit of both finance and procurement:
1. Total amount spent by an Garda Siochana at Mourne Shooting Grounds Ltd., Boraghy, Loughmourne, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan for the years ending:
31st December 2014
31st December 2015
31st December 2016
31st December 2017
31st December 2018
2019 

2. Total amount spent by an Garda Siochana at shooting ranges in Ireland from 1st January 2014 - present.

Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following :

Records of invoices or receipts held by the Longford-Roscommon Garda division for private transport costs including taxis, for the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021?

Records of invoices or receipts held by the Sligo-Leitrim Garda division for private transport costs including taxis, for the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021?

I am writing in regard to government spending on the Garda Dog Unit.
• For the years 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2019/20, 2020/21, please provide the total expenditure on the Garda Dog Unit.
If this can be broken down in any way, that would be much appreciated.

In accordance with Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, I request access to records which are related to the financial expenditure of the #Riseabovetheinfluence drug awareness campaign. My preferred form of access is email.

1) The amount that An Garda Siochana spent on hiring out crowd control barriers and other crowd control equipment in the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to-date in 2021 in tabular form
2) The names of the companies that were awarded the contract to supply crowd control barriers and other crowd control equipment to An Garda Siochana upon request in tabular form
3) When will each contract with each company that supplies An Garda Siochana with crowd control barriers is scheduled to expire in tabular form
4) If An Garda Siochana have ever withheld funding to any of the companies in question due to that company due to the failure to meet any of the requests that was agreed in the existing contract between that company and AGS in the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to-date in 2021 in tabular form

I would like to make an FOI request from An Garda Siochana seeking the following:

Details of policing costs for football matches at Oriel Park Dundalk for 2019, 2020 and 2021
Copies of all correspondence between An Garda Siochana and Dundalk Football Club for 2018/2019/2020/2021
Details of all Garda reported incidents at football matches at Oriel Park, Dundalk for 2018/19/20/21

All records (including but not limited to reports, emails and communications) in respect of the payment by any organisation for the management of any non-public duty event, including each concert, festival, sporting event, racing event and any other miscellaneous event in the period between 2 July 2018 to 29 February 2020 (the "Relevant Organisation').

In that regard, we ask that you specifically provide the following records in respect of each Relevant Organisation:

the exact sum paid by the Relevant Organisation in respect of each non-public duty event for which a payment larger than €1000 was paid to An Garda Síochána, including any contribution paid to An Garda Síochána to provide policing services outside of such event (e.g. traffic control);

a breakdown of how the sum paid by the Relevant Organisation to An Garda Síochána was calculated including but not limited to:

- the number of members in attendance at the non-public duty event and a breakdown of their respective ranks;

- the rate charged per member in attendance at the non-public duty event;

- the basis for calculating the number of members required to attend the non-public duty event; and

- the communications with the relevant organisation setting out the basis for calculating the sums to be paid.

The total cost of replacement clothes for prisoners in the Kerry Garda Division during the period 1st January, 2019 to present.

I wish to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

I am seeking:
1. Details of the spend on safety gear (excluding PPE related to COVID-19) for gardai from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020. Please include breakdown of the spend on PPE/safety gear as follows: riot helmets; riot shields; anti-stab vests; hi-vis garda jackets; knee protective pads and elbow protective pads.

2. Details of clerical allowances paid to gardai between 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020. Please include the total amount paid to gardai and the number of individual recipients.

-The number of fines issued to members of An Garda Siochana in the Roscommon/Longford division in 2020 and 2021 to date.
-The total number of internal disciplinary procedures taken against members in Roscommon/Longford with examples of any suspensions etc handed down.
-The monetary breakdown on those respective fines and reasons behind the issuing of such fines.
-The numbers and any other types of disciplinary action undertaken during the same period.
-The amount of hours and money spent on garda overtime in the division inclusive of both dates

I wish to make an application under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 in respect of Garda expenditure on Third Level Educational Courses.

I am seeking the total amount spent on all third level courses for the academic year 2021/2022.

I request a breakdown of payments made by Third Level Institution. Eg. €xxx paid to Trinity College

I am also seeking the total number of individual courses funded or part funded from the total expenditure and the title and associated faculty of each course of study funded or part funded. If multiple places were funded or part funded on a particular course, I would request the total number of places funded or part funded.

I am seeking a breakdown of the funding provided to members of An Garda Siochana by rank, eg. €xxxx spent on academic funding for members of Inspector rank.

Request: I wish to know how much the Garda Síochána intends to spend on tackling Cyber Crime and updating its own systems as well as training and hiring new Gardaí into the Cyber Crime Unit. Clarified Request: Money spent from 1 September 2021 to 31 September 2021.