Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a patrol car will be allocated to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49589/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The provision and deployment of Garda vehicles is a matter for the Commissioner in the context of his identified operational requirements. At Garda Divisional level, it is for the Chief Superintendent to make appropriate arrangements for the distribution of vehicles throughout the Division in response to policing demands. The Deputy will appreciate that a degree of flexibility in allocating and re-allocating vehicles among stations, so as to best match the allocation of resources with policing priorities, is crucial to the efficient management of the Garda fleet. In that context, I am advised by the Garda authorities that a marked Garda patrol vehicle is currently allocated to the Garda Station referred to by the Deputy.