Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí deployed and currently serving at each of the garda stations throughout County Kildare; the way this corresponds with the numbers deployed in each of the past two years; the degree if any to which it is intended to restore such numbers to original or increased strength; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43363/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of each Garda Station in the Kildare Garda Division, on 31 December 2008, 2009 and on the latest date for which figures are readily available, was as set out in the table hereunder:

Responsibility for the allocation of resources, including personnel, within the Force rests with the Garda Commissioner, in consultation with his senior management team. Resource levels are constantly monitored, in conjunction with crime trends and other demands made on An Garda Síochána. The situation is kept under continuing review to ensure optimum use is made of these resources and the best possible Garda service is provided to the public.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí who retired in the past 12 months; the total number of new recruits in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43364/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the total number of retirees, or those who have applied to retire, from An Garda Síochána from the end of November 2009 to the end of November 2010 is 357. There have been no intake of recruits for the same period.

Question No. 189 answered with Question No. 178.