Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and the number of gardaí there are nationally per head of the population. [13053/09]

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based in Tipperary town; and the number of gardaí there are nationally per head of the population. [13054/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together.

I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that as of 28 February 2009, the latest date for which figures are readily available, the personnel strength of An Garda Síochána was 14,371. As of that date the personnel strength of Carrick-on-Suir and Tipperary town Garda Stations was 11 and 34 respectively. The population statistics were last collected by the Central Statistics Office in April 2006 and recorded a national population of 4,239,848. Garda strength on 30 April 2006 was 12,408. On that basis the ratio of Gardaí to head of population was 1:342.