Written answers
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Garda Deployment
9:00 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the number of community gardaà operating from a location (details supplied) have been cut. [7016/11]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Under the Garda SÃochána Act the Garda Commissioner has operational control of the force including responsibility for the allocation of resources. I have been informed by him that Store Street Garda Station covers the area referred to by the Deputy and that the personnel strength of Store Street Garda station, on the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 284.
While the number of dedicated Community Gardaà in Store Street station is 78, under the current model of Community Policing all Gardaà have responsibility, inter alia, to deal with Community Policing issues as and when they arise.
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