Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the analysis conducted most recently on Garda to population ratios; if he will provide a breakdown on a district by district basis for 2007 and to date in 2008. [36465/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The population statistics were last collected by the Central Statistics Office in April 2006. On that basis the ratio of Gardaí to head of population in each Garda District at that time is as stated in the following table.

Changes to the boundaries of Garda Districts and Divisions have altered the make up of some of the Garda Districts throughout the country. For that reason, together with population changes, it is not possible to give the Garda strength per head of population comparisons in 2007 or 2008. I have however, listed the Garda strength for each of the Districts for the year ending 2007 and on 30 September 2008.