Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 30 Nov 1999

Vol. 511 No. 6

Written Answers. - Crime Statistics.

Mary Coughlan

Question:

363 Ms Coughlan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda personnel in the Ballyshannon, Glenties and Letterkenny districts; the number in 1995; and the number of incidents of crime reported in each district in 1999. [25242/99]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue)

The Garda authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of Garda personnel and resources to individual areas have supplied the following Garda personnel figures:

District	1995	1999
Ballyshannon	104	105
Glenties	42	43
Letterkenny	181	173

The following is a provisional breakdown of the recorded and detected reported offences to the end of September 1999.

District	Recorded	Detected	% Detected
Ballyshannon	164	87	53%
Glenties	91	49	54%
Letterkenny	442	165	37%