Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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523. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda ethnic liaison officers allocated to each Garda district in the Dublin region in the years 2013, 2014 and in 2015 to date. [12170/15]

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.

All members of An Garda Síochána are trained to deal with incidents of racial abuse and attacks and to treat each incident in a compassionate and professional way.

The role of the Ethnic Liaison Officers (ELO) is to liaise with representatives of the various minority communities in their Division and to establish communication links with each of these communities. Ethnic liaison officers are assigned on a Divisional basis and the numbers of officers in each Garda Division in the Dublin Region in the years in question are shown in the table.