Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [45772/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the location referred to is in the Clontarf Sub-District, with certain locations bordering on Fitzgibbon Street District. Local Garda management is aware of a number of incidents of anti-social behaviour in the area.

A member of the local Community Policing Unit is allocated to this area. An active Neighbourhood Watch Scheme is in place, and Gardaí are in regular contact with residents.

The area is subject to regular patrols by uniform and plain clothes personnel, including the Community Policing Unit, the Garda Mountain Bike Unit and the District Detective and Drug Units, supplemented as required by the Divisional Crime Task Force and Traffic Corps personnel. Persons and vehicles are regularly stopped and searched in the area, and persons have been interviewed and cautioned in relation to incidents in the area.

Current policing plans in the area are designed to address issues of crime and public order offences, including the prevention of public order offences, the prevention of crime including crimes of violence against persons and property and the maintenance of an environment conducive to the improvement of quality of life of residents. This strategy is central to the delivery of the policing service to the area in question.