Garda National Surveillance Unit

Garda National Surveillance Unit
Irish: Aonad Faireacháin Náisiúinta
Agency overview
Formed	1995
Preceding agency	Garda Special Surveillance Unit (SSU); "Tango Squad";
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Headquarters	Phoenix Park, Dublin (D8); Harcourt Street, Dublin (D2)
Employees	Undisclosed (estimated 100)
Annual budget	Undisclosed (part of Garda Síochána budget, €1.34 billion in 2014)
Minister responsible	Helen McEntee, TD, Minister for Justice;
Agency executives	Drew Harris, Garda Commissioner; John O'Mahoney, Assistant Commissioner of Crime and Security;
Parent agency	Crime & Security Branch; Garda Síochána

The National Surveillance Unit (NSU) (Irish: Aonad Faireacháin Náisiúinta) is the principal clandestine intelligence gathering and surveillance operations unit of the Garda Síochána, the national police force of Ireland. The unit operates under the Crime & Security Branch (CSB), based at Garda Headquarters in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, and also works from Harcourt Street, Dublin. Members of the unit are specially trained and selected Detective Gardaí who are tasked to remain covert whilst on and off duty, tracking suspected criminals, terrorists and hostile, foreign spies operating in Ireland. The unit's detectives are routinely armed. The National Surveillance Unit is understood to possess a manpower of approximately 100 officers, and is considered to be the most secretive arm of the force.

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