Written answers
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Forensic Science Laboratory
9:00 pm
Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will implement the recommendation of the Review of Resource Needs in the Forensic Science Laboratory and the Wider Scientific Context in Ireland (detail supplied) that 40 additional posts should be created at the State Forensic Laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9049/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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A total of 30 additional posts have been sanctioned for the Forensic Science Laboratory since December 2006, representing an increase of approximately 40% in approved staffing. This substantial extension of the Laboratory's capacity takes into account the findings of the Review referred to by the Deputy as to current demands on the organisation, as well as the need to plan for the implementation of the proposed DNA database. The question of the resources required to operate the database once established, which was also examined in the Review, and to which the Deputy may be referring, will of course be addressed further as the project is developed.
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