Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 617: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 18 May 2006 if he will ask the Garda Authorities to review this matter as local residents and the local neighbourhood watch group are adamant that they have made regular complaints to the Gardaí on the matter. [28117/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I have been informed by the Garda authorities that further examination of their records has established that a number of complaints were made to Gardaí on patrol duty in the area concerned. The error is regretted. These complaints were immediately addressed by the Gardaí, resulting in 14 arrests to date this year.

I am further informed by the Garda authorities that in order to maintain a visible Garda presence in the area concerned it is regularly patrolled by uniformed and plain clothes Gardaí supplemented by Divisional Crime Task Force, Mountain Bike and Community Policing Units. Additional Garda patrols are planned by local Garda management during the summer to prevent and detect incidents of public disorder and anti-social behaviour in the area concerned.