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08/07/2013
Over €26 Million Paid Out In Compensation To Gardai
More than €26.5 million of taxpayers money has been paid out in compensation to gardai injured while on duty in the last three years.
Under the Garda Compensation Act the amount paid out has risen to €7.1 million last year, up from €5.3m in 2010.
Meanwhile the actual number of claims has decreased, falling from 175 in 2010 to 120 in 2012, new figures have revealed.
The Public Accounts Committee, the Dáil's spending watchdog, received the figures in a letter sent last month by Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan.
(MH/CD)
Under the Garda Compensation Act the amount paid out has risen to €7.1 million last year, up from €5.3m in 2010.
Meanwhile the actual number of claims has decreased, falling from 175 in 2010 to 120 in 2012, new figures have revealed.
The Public Accounts Committee, the Dáil's spending watchdog, received the figures in a letter sent last month by Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan.
(MH/CD)
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