Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Longford and Granard Garda area has no Inspector appointed to its ranks and Granard Garda area which covers Edgeworthstown station has no plain clothes Sergeants or detectives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30897/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The allocation of all 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.

However, I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the strength of the stations mentioned by the Deputy, by rank, on the 31 May 2013, was as set out in the following table:

These Garda Stations are in the Roscommon/Longford Garda Division and the personnel strength of that Division on that date was 285. There are also 20 Garda Reserves and 24 Civilians attached to the Roscommon/Longford Garda Division. Divisional resources are further augmented, where necessary, by a number of Garda National Units such as the Garda National Drugs Unit (GNDU), the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI), the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) and other specialised units.