Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent)
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124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of community liaison officers there were in each Garda station in south Dublin in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38860/14]

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 all resources, including 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.

The Deputy will be aware that all Gardaí have responsibility, inter alia, to deal with community policing issues as and when they arise. Community policing is the underpinning philosophy and ethos through which An Garda Síochána delivers a service across the country. In that context, I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the number of personnel specifically assigned to community policing duties in the DMR South and DMR South Central Division on 31 December 2007 to 2013 and on 31 August 2014, the latest date for which figures are readily available are set out in the tables. Juvenile Liaison Officers (JLO) are assigned on a Divisional basis. The personnel strength of Juvenile Liaison Officers attached to the DMR South and South Central Garda Divisions on the same dates are also set out in the tables.

DMR South Division - Community Gardaí

N/A - Harcourt Tce closed in 2012.