Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will increase the number of horses in the Garda mounted unit; if he will increase the number of dogs in the Garda dog unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36694/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Garda authorities that the Garda Mounted Unit currently has a complement of eleven (11) horses and that the Garda Dog Unit currently has twenty-six (26) dogs attached to the unit based in the Dublin Metropolitan Region. In addition there are three (3) dogs attached to the Garda Dog Unit in the Southern Region which was established on a permanent basis earlier this year. I am advised by the Garda authorities that efforts are continuing to increase the number of horses to fifteen (15) and that it is planned to increase the number of dogs in the Southern Region to eight (8).

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda stations in the Dublin metropolitan region which have a crime prevention officer; his plans to appoint additional crime prevention officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36697/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that Crime Prevention Officers are allocated to each Garda Division in the country and in the DMR are attached to the following stations:

Store Street,

Pearse Street,

Ballymun,

Blanchardstown,

Tallaght, and

Shankill.

The National Crime Prevention Office, Community Relations, Harcourt Square currently has a staff of four Sergeants and one Inspector. I am also informed by the Garda Commissioner that it is intended that Crime Prevention Officers will be appointed in each new Division created under the Boundary Re-alignment Programme.