Written answers
Thursday, 9 March 2006
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Garda Deployment
3:00 pm
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí who have been attached to each Garda station in the Dublin metropolitan area for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9680/06]
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I have been informed by the Garda authorities, who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the number of community gardaí, all ranks, which have been attached to each Garda station in the Dublin metropolitan region, as at 31 December 2001-2005, inclusive, was as set out in the following tables:
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| D.M.R. South Central District "A" | |||||
| Kevin Street | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Kilmainham | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| District "B" | |||||
| Pearse St. | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 11 |
| Harcourt Tce. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| District "E" | |||||
| Donnybrook | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Irishtown | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| D.M.R. South District "G" | |||||
| Crumlin | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Sundrive Rd. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| District "M" | |||||
| Rathfarnham | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Tallaght | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 20 |
| District "P" | |||||
| Rathmines | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Terenure | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| D.M.R. North District "H" | |||||
| Santry | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Whitehall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Ballymun | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Dublin Airport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| District "R" | |||||
| Coolock | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Malahide | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Swords | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| District "J" | |||||
| Raheny | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Clontarf | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Howth | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| D.M.R. West District "K" | |||||
| Blanchardstown | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 |
| Cabra | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Finglas | 13 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 |
| District "Q" | |||||
| Lucan | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Leixlip | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Ronanstown | 9 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 |
| District "L" | |||||
| Ballyfermot | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| Clondalkin | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 |
| Rathcoole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D.M.R. North Central District "C" | |||||
| Store St. | 17 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 26 |
| District "U" | |||||
| Fitzgibbon St. | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Mountjoy | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
| District "D" | |||||
| Bridewell | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| D.M.R. East District "F" | |||||
| Dun Laoghaire | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Dalkey | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Kill-O'the-Grange | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Cabinteely | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| District "N" | |||||
| Bray | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Enniskerry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shankhill | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Greystones | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| District "W" | |||||
| Blackrock | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Dundrum | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Stepaside | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
It should be noted that Garda management states that all members of the Garda Síochána have responsibility, inter alia, to deal with community policing issues as they arise. The timescale for achieving the target strength of 14,000 members of the Garda Síochána in line with the commitment in An Agreed Programme for Government remains as when I announced the Government approval in October 2004 for my proposals to achieve this objective. The phased increase in the strength of the Garda Síochána to 14,000 will lead to a combined strength, of attested gardaí and recruits in training, of 14,000 by the end of this year. As part of the accelerated recruitment campaign to facilitate this process, 1,125 Garda recruits were inducted to the Garda college during 2005. The college will induct 1,100 recruits this year and a further 1,100 in 2007, by way of intakes to the Garda college of approximately 275 recruits every quarter. This project is fully on target and will be achieved. In this regard, I am informed by the Garda authorities that the first incremental increase of newly attested gardaí due to the programme of accelerated recruitment into the Garda Síochána will take place on 16 March 2006.
The Garda Commissioner will be drawing up plans on how best to distribute and manage these additional resources, and in this context the needs of the Dublin metropolitan area will be fully considered within the overall context of the needs of Garda areas throughout the country.
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