Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [14851/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is in the Santry Garda Sub-District. The local Community Policing Unit has made contact with the persons referred to by the Deputy and appropriate crime prevention and personal security advice has been provided.

Contact has also been made with local Community Groups and arrangements put in place for contact details of the local Garda Station and the Community Policing Unit to be advertised in community newsletters for various ethnic communities in the locality.

The area is the subject of regular patrols by uniform and plain clothes personnel, including the Community Policing and Garda Mountain Bike Units, local Detective and Drug Units, supplemented as required by the Divisional Crime Task Force and Traffic Corps personnel.

Local Garda management closely monitors patrols and other operational strategies in place, in conjunction with crime trends and policing needs of the communities, to ensure optimum use is made of Garda resources and the best possible Garda service is provided to the public.

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