Written answers
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Garda Deployment
8:00 pm
Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda division here; and the population of each division as determined in Census 2006. [2538/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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As of the 31 December last, the latest date for which figures are readily available, the personnel strength of each Garda Division was as follows:
Division | Strength |
DMR South Central | 773 |
DMR Southern | 623 |
DMR Northern | 761 |
DMR West | 758 |
DMR North Central | 694 |
DMR Eastern | 618 |
Louth/Meath | 533 |
Longford/Westmeath | 318 |
Laois/Offaly | 312 |
Carlow/Kildare | 402 |
Wexford/Wicklow | 365 |
Waterford/Kilkenny | 428 |
Tipperary | 361 |
Cork City | 656 |
Cork North | 285 |
Cork West | 294 |
Kerry | 318 |
Limerick | 593 |
Clare | 314 |
Galway West | 424 |
Galway East/Roscommon | 280 |
Mayo | 313 |
Sligo/Leitrim | 300 |
Donegal | 476 |
Cavan/Monaghan | 401 |
TOTAL | 11,595 |
Other members are attached to specialised units such as the Traffic Corps, Divisional Detective Units, Drug Units etc which gives a total attested strength of the force on 31 December 2007 of 13,755. The Deputy will appreciate that, as with any large organisation, on any given day the overall strength of the organisation may fluctuate due, for example, to retirements, resignations etc.
The Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS) for each county have been collated by the CSO from the 2006 census and this information is available on the CSO website at www.cso.ie. The Deputy will be aware that Garda Divisional boundaries are not co-terminus with County boundaries. The Deputy will also be aware that I recently approved the 2008 Annual Policing Plan and laid it before the Houses of the Oireachtas. It sets out the Commissioner's proposals to realign the boundaries of a number of Garda Divisions around the country to make them coterminous with local authority boundaries. A detailed programme of work is currently being developed by An Garda Síochána to implement the changes contained in the policing plan. This programme of work will also examine the geographical areas of district and sub-district stations arising from the re-alignment of the regional and divisional boundaries set out in the plan. The SAPS for each Garda Division are being developed by An Garda Síochána with the assistance of the CSO. It is the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner to allocate personnel throughout the Force taking everything into account. The situation will be kept under review and when additional personnel next become available the needs of each different Garda Division will be fully considered by the Commissioner.
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