Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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1590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of garda members, by rank, assigned to a location (details supplied) as of August 2025. [45591/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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In the interest of transparency, information in relation to the allocation of Gardaí by Division, Station and rank, including for Kilrush County Clare, is publicly available and can be found at the following link:

www.garda.ie/en/about-us/our-departments/human-resources-and-people-development/garda-hr-directorate/garda-strength-breakdown-2025/.

The Deputy should select Garda Workforce and access the file titled “Garda Members by Division District Station 2009 to 31 July 2025” for a breakdown of total Gardaí numbers by Garda station going back to 2009.

Published information is supplied by An Garda Síochána, is operational and subject to change.

The Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution and stationing of Garda personnel throughout the State under Section 33 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024. As Minister, I have no role in these independent functions.

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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1591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of operational garda vehicles attached to a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45592/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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In the interest of transparency, information in relation to the Garda fleet, the number of Garda vehicles by Division and District, including for Kilrush Garda station in County Clare, is publicly available and can be found at the following link: www.garda.ie/en/about-us/our-departments/finance-services/finance-fleet-management.html.

The Deputy should access the file titled “Fleet Management Report July 2025” for a breakdown of operational vehicles.

This information is supplied by An Garda Síochána, is operational in nature and subject to change.

The Garda Commissioner is responsible under Section 33 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 for the distribution and deployment of the Garda fleet across the State. As Minister, I have no role in these independent functions.

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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1592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the statistics on average garda response times to incidents within a location (details supplied) between August 2024 and July 2025. [45594/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for all operational policing matters, including responses by An Garda Síochána to emergency calls. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that, for operational reasons, An Garda Síochána does not provide its emergency response times in respect of specific locations.

An Garda Síochána operates a Regional Control Room strategy which ensures that Garda resources are available to respond to calls for service from the public, including situations where a local resource is not immediately available.

Calls for service, whether received through a local Garda station or the 999 ECAS system, are routed through the Regional Control Rooms and prioritised for response. Higher priority calls will always take priority over lower priority calls.

The Garda authorities inform me that An Garda Síochána aim is to answer 80% of 999 calls within 7 seconds and deploy resources immediately giving an estimated time of arrival. An Garda Síochána will take appropriate steps to deal with all incidents and ensure that emergency and life threatening calls receive priority. They will endeavour to get to callers within 15 minutes in urban locations and as soon as possible, given the distance to be travelled, in more rural areas.