Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda hours that are assigned to the Navan area, County Meath, for the past four years; the number of Garda cars that are in use in the Navan area for each of the past four years; the number of community Garda hours that are assigned to the Navan area for each of the past four years; the number of crimes in County Meath that ended with a detention sentence for each of the past four years. [39135/14]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda hours that are assigned to the Trim area, County Meath, for the past four years; the number of Garda cars that are in use in the Trim area for each of the past four years; the number of community Garda hours that are assigned to the Trim area for each of the past four years. [39136/14]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda hours that are assigned to the Kells area, County Meath, for the past four years; the number of Garda cars that are in use in the Kells area for each of the past four years; the number of community Garda hours that are assigned to the Kells area for each of the past four years. [39137/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 to 138, inclusive, together.

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.

It is not possible to compile the information sought by the Deputy because the examination of hours would require a disproportionate amount of staff time. I have however been informed by the Garda Commissioner that Trim, Kells and Navan Garda Stations form part of the Meath Garda Division. The personnel strength of each Garda Station in the Meath Garda Division on 31 December 2011 to 2013 and on 31 August 2014, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was as set out in the table hereunder. 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.

The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

In relation to Garda cars, I have requested the information sought by the Deputy and when it is to hand I will write directly to him.