Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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696. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel, Garda vehicles and Garda reserves for the DMR North district and sub-districts broken down by station in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23090/14]

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. Decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda vehicles are a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of his identified operational demands and the availability of resources.

Responsibility for the efficient deployment of Garda vehicles in each Division is assigned to the Divisional Officer, who may allocate vehicles between stations, as required by operational circumstances. 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 essential to the efficient management of the Garda fleet. As a consequence it is not fully practicable to provide a breakdown of Garda vehicles by individual station.

I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the allocation of vehicles in the DMR North Division at 22 May 2014 is as shown in the following table.

I have also been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of each Garda Station in the DMR North Division, broken down the full time members, Garda Reserves and Civilians, on 31 March 2014, the latest date for which figures are readily available, is a set out in the following table.