Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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Question 976: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to an earlier Parliamentary Question regarding Garda patrol cars, the areas in the Galway Division from which the 13 marked Garda cars are will be decommissioned ; the number of Garda cars that are currently in garages for repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18283/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Decisions in relation to the provision and location of Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner. In that regard the responsibility for the efficient deployment of Garda transport within each Division is assigned to the Divisional Officer.

I have been advised by the Garda authorities that Divisional Officers, from time to time, allocate vehicles between stations in response to identified operational requirements. Accordingly, I have also been informed that it would not be practicable to seek to identify the specific stations where cars will be decommissioned in 2012. Similarly,- the Garda authorities have indicated that it would not be possible to indicate the stations within the Galway Division to which new or replacement transport will be made available during the course of the year.

The Garda authorities have also advised that on 18 April 2012 no Garda vehicles from the Galway Division were in a garage for repair.