Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations here which are e-mail enabled and can be contacted by citizens via e-mail; if he will list each of these e-mail enabled stations; when every Garda station will be directly electronically contactable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18803/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Garda Authorities that currently there is a pilot running in the Dublin Metropolitan Region which provides section mailboxes to all District and Divisional offices. The pilot is assessing the various factors that need to be addressed with regard to greater use of external email by An Garda Síochána, including the type and volume of Garda business that can be transacted using email, the potential uses for Section and Station email and the security and resource implications for the Garda network.

Internal email has been provided to all ranks of An Garda Síochána via the PULSE environment. External email facilities are provided to all Gardaí from Inspector rank upwards as well as to members of other ranks based on operational needs. Accordingly, external email access is personnel rather than location based.