Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda superintendents who have been appointed to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Clare over the past five years; if he will impose a minimum term contract for such appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19132/05]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 596: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda superintendents who have been appointed to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Clare over the past five years; if he will impose a minimum term contract for such appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19133/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 595 and 596 together.

I am advised by the Garda authorities, responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that four superintendents have been allocated to each of the districts of Kilrush and Ennistymon in the past five years. The Garda Commissioner has established a review group to examine migration management and policy of tenure. The Garda Commissioner has accepted the recommendation of the review group that on first appointment following promotion superintendents remain in situ for two years save where the exigencies of the organisation dictate otherwise.