€23m fingerprint system underused because of dispute

A STATE-OF-THE-ART Garda fingerprint system, which ran over €3 million over budget, is not being fully used because many gardaí still take manual prints and because civil servants refuse to use it.

The Automated Fingerprint Integrated System (AFIS), which cost just over €23m to install, came in 18 months late because of delays in introducing legislation and in upgrading the Garda PULSE computer system.

The C&AG 2010 report found that: