Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Criminal Assets Bureau has sufficient resources at its disposal to meet its workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5286/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The Criminal Assets Bureau keeps its resources under ongoing review in the light of its workload and any additional requirements, from time to time, are brought to the attention of the Garda Commissioner. The commissioner is responsible for the deployment of overall Garda resources.

The Deputy will be aware that the Government has approved my proposal to increase the strength of the Garda Síochána to 14,000 and the necessary recruitment to deliver this increase in strength is already underway. This will greatly assist the Garda Commissioner in allocating additional Garda resources to areas of greatest need.