Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in each garda division here on 1 September 2009; and the population covered by each garda division per Census 2006. [32892/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that, as of 31 August 2009, the personnel strength of each Garda Division was as listed in the following table. The population of each County as per the 2006 Census drawn from the website of the Central Statistics Office (www.cso.ie) is also shown in a separate table.

The Commissioner is in the process of re-aligning Garda Divisional boundaries to make them coterminous with local authority boundaries. As a consequence of this work, the geographical areas of Garda Divisions, districts and sub-district stations were also realigned while at the same time ensuring that service delivery to the community was maintained to the highest possible standard.

Any comparison between the 2006 Census population figures and the 2009 figures for the personnel strength of Garda Divisions would not be an accurate reflection of the current situation.