Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of gardaí of all ranks assigned to each station in the DMR-East division in the past five years; the numbers lost to the division through promotion, transfer, retirement and other reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1183/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, one of the primary functions of the Garda Commissioner under the Garda Síochána Acts, is to direct and control An Garda Síochána. In this regard, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of all resources, including fully sworn members and Reserve Gardaí, among the Garda Regions, Divisions and Districts. Garda management keep this distribution under continuing review in the context of security assessments, crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best possible use is made of these resources.

The Deputy will also appreciate that, as with any large organisation, on any given day the number of Gardaí assigned to any Division may fluctuate due, for example, to promotion, transfer, retirements and resignations. In these circumstances the Deputy will appreciate that the specific information he has sought is not readily available in the detail requested and I understand that the compilation of such information would involve a disproportionate amount of Garda time and resources.

I have however been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel of each Garda Station broken down by rank in the Dublin Metropolitan Region East Division on 31 December 2010 to 2013 and on 30 November 2014, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was as set out in the tables below:

2010

Station	C/Supt	Supt	Insp	Sgt	Gda	Total	Reserve
Blackrock	0	0	4	12	80	96	5
Dundrum	0	0	1	9	68	78	2
Stepaside	0	0	0	3	28	31	0
Cabinteely	0	0	1	6	32	39	0
Dalkey	0	0	0	2	29	31	0
Dun Laoghaire	1	2	3	19	87	112	10
Kill O Grange	0	0	0	2	26	28	0
Shankill	0	0	1	10	47	58	3
Total						473	20

2011

Station	C/Supt	Supt	Insp	Sgt	Gda	Total	Reserve
Blackrock	0	1	4	10	76	91	3
Dundrum	0	0	1	9	63	73	3
Stepaside	0	0	0	3	26	29	0
Cabinteely	0	0	1	5	32	38	0
Dalkey	0	0	0	0	29	31	0
Dun Laoghaire	1	2	2	18	81	104	8
Kill O Grange	0	0	0	2	27	29	0
Shankill	0	0	1	9	47	57	2
Total						452	16

2012

Station	C/Supt	Supt	Insp	Sgt	Gda	Total	Reserve
Blackrock	0	1	3	10	68	82	4
Dundrum	0	0	1	8	65	74	3
Stepaside	0	0	0	3	32	35	0
Cabinteely	0	0	1	4	34	39	0
Dalkey*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dun Laoghaire	1	2	2	15	80	100	8
Kill O Grange	0	0	0	2	23	25	0
Shankill	0	0	0	9	56	65	2
Total						420	17

*Closed in 2012

2013

Station	C/Supt	Supt	Insp	Sgt	Gda	Total	Reserve
Blackrock	0	1	2	12	75	90	5
Dundrum	0	0	1	9	90	100	5
Stepaside*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cabinteely	0	0	1	4	41	46	0
Dalkey*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dun Laoghaire	1	2	4	17	81	105	8
Kill O Grange**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shankill	0	0	0	7	59	66	2
Total						407	20

*Closed in 2012, **Closed in 2013

2014

Station	C/Supt	Supt	Insp	Sgt	Gda	Total	Reserve
Blackrock	0	1	2	11	73	87	5
Dundrum	0	0	1	9	81	91	5
Stepaside*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cabinteely	0	0	1	5	36	42	0
Dalkey*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dun Laoghaire	1	2	3	18	81	105	6
Kill O Grange**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shankill	0	0	0	9	56	65	2
Total						390	18

*Closed in 2012, **Closed in 2013