Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the Garda forensic traffic investigations team nationally and by district in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3238/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of these resources.

I have requested the specific information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to her on receipt of same.