Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 25 Jul 1996

Vol. 468 No. 4

Written Answers. - Juvenile Liaison Officers Statistics.

Máirín Quill

Question:

564 Miss Quill asked the Minister for Justice the number of additional juvenile liaison officers appointed in each of the years from 1992 to 1995 to each Garda district in the country or on a district by district basis. [15012/96]

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Owen)

The allocation of Garda personnel is the responsibility of the Garda authorities.

They have informed me that additional juvenile liaison officers have been appointed as follows:

1992	One Juvenile Officer Supervising Sergeant appointed in Cork.
1993	Nil.
1994	One additional Juvenile Liaison Officer appointed in the “M” (Tallaght) District, Dublin Metropolitan Area.
1995	One additional Juvenile Liaison Officer appointed in the “L” (Ballyfermot) District, Dublin Metropolitan Area.
	One additional Juvenile Liaison Officer appointed in the Cork East Division.
	One additional Juvenile Officer appointed in the Cork West Division.
	One additional Juvenile Liaison officer appointed in the Mayo Division.
	One additional Juvenile Liaison officer appointed in the Roscommon/Galway Division.