Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí on 1 July 2009 in each of the Garda stations in the Leixlip Garda district and the Naas Garda district in County Kildare; the number of gardaí in each station available for work in each of the stations or out on sick leave, maternity leave and so on; and his plans to overcome garda shortages arising from same. [29649/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that as of 31 May 2009, the latest date for which figures are readily available, the personnel strengths of the Garda Stations referred to by the Deputy was as set out as follows:

Resource levels are monitored on an ongoing basis by Garda Management in each District and Division, in conjunction with crime trends and other demands made on An Garda Síochána. The situation will be kept under review and the needs of the areas referred to by the Deputy will be fully considered within the overall context of the needs of policing requirements throughout the country.