Written answers

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Department of Justice and Equality

Garda Transport Data

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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231. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new patrol cars made available to members of An Garda Síochána undertaking policing within the south Dublin constituency, in the period March 2011 to date in 2015; and the total number of patrol cars attached to each of the relevant Garda stations, as of this date, as compared to those so attached in 2010. [19289/15]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda vehicles are a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the light of her identified operational demands and the availability of resources. 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 advised by the Garda authorities that the information in the format, as requested by the Deputy, in relation to a breakdown of the fleet by electoral constituency, is not readily available and would require a disproportion use of Garda time and effort to extract the relevant information and cannot be justified at this time.

I have however been informed by the Garda authorities that the number of new vehicles allocated within the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) in the period concerned is as set out in the table.

New allocations DMR (March 2011 - May 2015)

2011 ALLOCATIONSTOTAL
DMR EAST3
DMR NORTH3
DMR NORTH CENTRAL2
DMR SOUTH1
DMR SOUTH CENTRAL2
DMR TRAFFIC3
DMR WEST3
TOTAL:17
2012 ALLOCATIONSTOTAL
DMR EAST2
DMR NORTH3
DMR NORTH CENTRAL1
DMR SOUTH3
DMR SOUTH CENTRAL1
DMR TRAFFIC5
DMR WEST2
TOTAL:17
2013 ALLOCATIONSTOTAL
DMR EAST9
DMR NORTH7
DMR NORTH CENTRAL2
DMR SOUTH6
DMR SOUTH CENTRAL4
DMR TRAFFIC3
DMR WEST8
TOTAL:39
2014 ALLOCATIONSTOTAL
DMR EAST11
DMR NORTH17
DMR NORTH CENTRAL8
DMR SOUTH10
DMR SOUTH CENTRAL7
DMR TRAFFIC13
DMR WEST18
TOTAL:84
2015 ALLOCATIONSTOTAL
DMR EAST6
DMR NORTH5
DMR NORTH CENTRAL5
DMR SOUTH9
DMR SOUTH CENTRAL4
DMR TRAFFIC3
DMR WEST8
TOTAL:40

Comparison of vehicles allocated to the DMR in 2010 and 2015.

DMR REGION 2010

DIVISION
DMR EAST55
DMR NORTH138
DMR NORTH CENTRAL81
DMR SOUTH90
DMR SOUTH CENTRAL79
DMR TRAFFIC65
DMR WEST120
TOTAL:628

DMR REGION AS AT MAY 2015

DIVISION
DMR EAST57
DMR NORTH113
DMR NORTH CENTRAL70
DMR SOUTH93
DMR SOUTH CENTRAL68
DMR TRAFFIC49
DMR WEST120
TOTAL:570

The Deputy will be aware that I recently secured a further €10 million for investment in the Garda fleet of which €7 million was made available in 2014. This funding brings the total investment in the Garda fleet in 2014 to €11 million. The remaining €3 million is being made available for the purchase and fit out of additional Garda vehicles in 2015.

In October, 2014, an order was placed for 370 new vehicles. These vehicles were delivered towards the end of 2014, and following fit out, are being allocated in accordance with the Garda Commissioner's operational requirements.

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