Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [25744/10]

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [25975/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 129 and 137 together.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to by the Deputy is in the Clontarf Garda Sub-District. Local Garda management is aware of a number of burglaries occurring in the area. These incidents are under active Garda investigation, and a number of persons have been charged and are currently before the courts. I am further informed that there have been no reports of incidents of speeding or road traffic collisions in the area in 2010 to date. A member of the local Community Policing Unit is allocated specifically to the area and regularly meets local 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 local Detective and Drugs Units, supplemented as required by the Divisional Crime Task Force and Traffic Corps personnel. Traffic resources and strategies on speeding are prioritised and deployed in accordance with the Collision Prevention Programme and specific complaints. The area has traffic calming measures in place and a speed limit of 50 kph. Local Garda management closely monitors and keeps under review patrols and other operational strategies in place, in conjunction with crime trends and policing needs of the communities in the area, to ensure optimum use is made of Garda resources and the best possible Garda service is provided to the public.

Community policing is a central feature and core value of the Garda Síochána policing policy. Current policing strategies are predicated on the prevention of crime, public order offences, anti-social behaviour and breaches of road traffic legislation, thereby promoting an environment conducive to the improvement of the quality of life for residents. This strategy is, and will continue to be, central to the delivery of a policing service to the area in question.