Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to introduce the Garda charter, promised in the Programme for Government, setting out targeted Garda response times and levels of service which the public can expect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9120/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The policing priorities for 2008 which I set for the Garda Síochána include as a priority, "To increase the level of high visibility patrols, including through greater use of marked vehicles, linked to the development during 2008 of a Garda Charter which will set out targeted response times and levels of service, including frequency of high visibility patrols." This priority has been incorporated into the Annual Policing Plan for 2008 by the Garda Commissioner who has set a target for its development later this year. Officials of my Department are engaged with both the Garda Síochána and the Garda Síochána Inspectorate on preparatory work in this regard.