Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local and national interest, namely, the fact that, with one garda for every 558 people, the Carlow-Kildare Garda division has the lowest ratio of gardaí to population in the State; the increase of 55% in serious crime in the Carlow-Kildare division since 2000; the detection rate of 30% in the division, which is one of the lowest rates in the State; the lack of a Garda barracks in Leixlip; the failure to provide for a 24-hour Garda barracks in Celbridge, Maynooth and Leixlip, which have a combined population of 45,324; the fact that Kilcock, Maynooth and Leixlip, which are within eight miles of each other, are in three different Garda divisions; and the refusal of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to take effective action on the issues I have outlined, citing operational matters as his reason for refusing to do so.

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