John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am glad to hear the Minister for Justice and Equality refer to the relationship between Kilkenny businesses and the local Garda which is making a huge impact in tracking crime and alerting people to the possibility of crime throughout the city and county. Text alerts are also proving effective. There is a community involvement. My question seeks to establish the number of gardaí and Garda stations because there has been a significant drop of 21 in south Kilkenny, nine in Carlow and ten in the Kilkenny district.

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