Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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457. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in counties Carlow and Kilkenny by station in each of the past five years; the number of vehicles in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1411/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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One of the primary functions of the Garda Commissioner under the Garda Síochána Acts, is to direct and control An Garda Síochána. 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.

The Deputy will 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. However, I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda Division broken down by Station 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 table.

With regard to the number of vehicles, 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. In that context I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of cars in the Carlow/Kilkenny Garda Division is set out in the table below:

Carlow/Kilkenny Vehicles 2011 - 2015

-	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Carlow	12	11	13	16	16
Kilkenny	20	19	20	25	25
Thomastown	12	13	18	22	22
Total	44	43	51	63	63

Gardaí

Station	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Ballon	1	1	1	1	1
Borris	2	2	2	2	2
Carlow	77	77	74	71	70
Hacketstown	1	1	1	1	1
Leighlinbridge	2	2	2	closed	closed
Muinebheag	11	12	12	14	12
Myshall	1	1	1	1	1
Rathvilly	1	1	1	1	1
Tullow	18	17	17	17	15
Ballyragget	0	1	1	closed	closed
Callan	6	6	6	7	6
Castlecomer	14	14	13	12	12
Johnstown	3	2	1	closed	closed
Freshford	1	1	0	1	1
Kilkenny	105	98	101	101	98
Urlingford	1	1	1	2	2
Ballyhale	1	1	1	0	0
Bennetsbridge	1	1	1	1	1
Glenmore	1	0	1	1	1
Goresbridge	2	2	2	2	2
Graiguenmanagh	7	5	5	4	4
Inistioge	1	0	1	closed	closed
Kilmacow	1	1	1	1	1
Kilmoganny	1	1	0	1	1
Mooncoin	8	14	13	12	12
Mullinavat	6	1	2	2	2
Piltown	1	1	1	1	1
Stonyford	1	1	0	0	0
Thomastown	42	38	36	33	33