Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

It is for the Commissioner to decide how best to allocate people. It should not be for me or Deputy Carey to determine. The general point can be made to him, and I think he recognises that there is a strong view that gardaí should not operate in the areas they come from or in which they live. To try to facilitate family life they operate in areas contiguous with those in which they reside. This is, however, a matter for the Commissioner to decide.

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