While the State Visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the official visit of President Obama to Ireland this month will generate Garda overtime, data published in respect of the past five years show a reduction in overtime.
| 2005 | €77,683,097 |
| 2006 | €102,653,111 |
| 2007 | €135,386,904 |
| 2008 | €112,476,173 |
| 2009 | €77,812,239 |
| 2010 | €76,596,828 |
