Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [28797/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is in the Clontarf Garda Sub-District. I am further informed that local Garda management has no recorded complaints of speeding or breaches of road traffic legislation in the area. Any such incident reported to An Garda Síochána will be investigated.

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.

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. The deployment of Garda traffic resources is prioritised with the aim of preventing traffic collisions.

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.