Written answers
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Garda Deployment
8:00 pm
Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in each local and district drugs unit. [8490/11]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The most recent readily available statistics relate to the strength of each Divisional Drug Unit as of 28th February 2011 and these are set out in the table. It should be noted that Divisional drug units are supported in their operations by members of the Garda National Drugs Unit, the strength of which was 52 on the same date.
| DMRNC | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| DMRN | 0 | 4 | 29 | 33 |
| DMRE | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| DMRS | 0 | 4 | 26 | 30 |
| DMRW | 0 | 5 | 31 | 36 |
| Waterford | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Wexford | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Kilkenny/Carlow | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Tipperary | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Cork City | 1 | 3 | 23 | 27 |
| Cork North | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Cork West | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Kerry | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Limerick | 0 | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| Donegal | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| Cavan/Monaghan | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Sligo/Leitrim | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Louth | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Clare | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Mayo | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Galway | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Roscommon/Longford | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Westmeath | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Meath | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Kildare | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Laois/Offaly | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Wicklow | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Total | 2 | 46 | 316 | 364 |
Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in each crime scene investigation unit. [8491/11]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that on the latest date for which figures were readily available, there were 160 scenes of crime examiners. The following table provides the Garda personnel qualified as Scenes of Crime Examiners in each Garda Division nationwide.
| Scenes of Crime Unit | |||
| Division | Sergeant | Gardaí | D/Gardaí |
| DMR North Central | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| DMR South Central | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| DMR North | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| DMR South | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| DMR East | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| DMR West | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Cavan Monaghan | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Donegal | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Louth | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Sligo Leitrim | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Cork City | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Cork North | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cork West | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kerry | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Limerick | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kildare | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Laois Offaly | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Meath | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Westmeath | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Wicklow | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Clare | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Galway | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Roscommon / Longford | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Mayo | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Carlow / Kilkenny | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Waterford | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Wexford | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Divisional Scenes of Crime personnel and Senior Investigating Officers investigating serious crime are supported by expert personnel attached to the Garda Technical Bureau comprising the following personnel :
| Superintendent | Inspector | Sergeant | Gardaí | Civilians |
| 1 | 3 | 14 | 70 | 7 |
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