Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed at Maynooth Garda station at present and at this point in each of 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number of cases of breaking and entering in the area served by the Maynooth Garda station for each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; if he and the Garda are satisfied that a full service can be offered to people in rural areas of County Meath served by the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19434/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the personnel strength of Maynooth Garda Station as of 30 April in each of the years 2005-2008, inclusive, is as set out in the table hereunder:

The Deputy will appreciate that, as with any large organisation, on any given day, personnel strengths of individual divisions, districts and stations may fluctuate due, for example, to promotions, retirements and transfers. It is the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner to allocate personnel and other resources throughout the Force taking everything into account. In that regard, the needs of Maynooth Garda Station will be fully considered by the Commissioner within the overall context of the needs of Garda Stations throughout the country.

The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the CSO to compile and publish criminal statistics and that body has published provisional headline crime statistics since the third quarter of 2006. These figures are available at www.cso.ie. In any event I have requested the CSO to send the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to her.