Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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688. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm the opening times and personal numbers of Monasterevin Garda station, County Kildare; her plans to increase the number of gardaí based in the station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22921/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts. Garda management keep this distribution under continuing review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best possible use is made of these resources.

I have however been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of Monasterevin Garda Station on 31 March 2014, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 4. Monasterevin Garda Station is open to the public from 10am to 1pm Monday to Sunday and call diversion is in place to Kildare Garda Station. Monasterevin Garda Station forms part of the Kildare Garda District in the Kildare Garda Division. The personnel strength of Kildare Garda District and Division on the same date was 119 and 312, respectfully. There are also 40 Garda Reserves and 28 Civilians attached to Kildare Garda Division.

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.