Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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234. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff operating in the cold case unit in 2010 to 2012, inclusive, and currently in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54793/13]

Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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235. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total funding for the cold case unit in 2010 to 2012, inclusive, and currently in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54794/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 235 together.

As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts, the various Garda national units and of course Garda Headquarters. I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the following is the recorded staffing figures attached to the Serious Crime Review Team at the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation at the commencement of each year.