Garda Deployment.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 April 2004

Tuesday, 27 April 2004

Questions (667)

Joe Costello

Question:

726 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in every Garda station in Dublin in each year over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11589/04]

Written answers

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell)

I have been informed by the Garda authorities which are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the number of personnel of all ranks assigned to each Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region as at 31 December each year from 1997 to 2003 is as follows:

Station	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Pearse St.	231	215	215	221	216	214	238
Harcourt Tce.	91	93	84	84	80	79	75
Kevin St.	124	122	113	116	117	117	117
Kilmainham	75	87	101	97	76	76	73
Donnybrook	126	129	126	120	116	114	123
Irishtown	60	59	57	59	54	49	55
Crumlin	82	85	83	84	86	88	82
Sundrive Rd	54	57	52	56	58	57	61
Rathfarnham	63	57	63	63	67	74	71
Tallaght	133	139	142	159	159	159	166
Rathmines	90	90	76	79	81	67	71
Terenure	49	46	60	67	66	84	87
Santry	93	87	78	77	73	91	105
Whitehall	45	42	38	43	40	40	40
Ballymun	57	57	56	63	64	64	63
Dublin Airport	50	48	56	57	58	19	23
Coolock	93	89	93	89	85	84	87
Malahide	43	39	39	44	43	43	40

Station	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Swords	45	44	49	52	54	57	56
Raheny	64	59	61	63	61	64	60
Clontarf	57	59	56	56	60	64	62
Howth	30	34	35	37	39	41	42
Blanchardstown	89	94	104	106	124	132	142
Cabra	82	76	80	83	76	76	65
Finglas	76	83	90	88	78	78	68
Lucan	58	61	57	67	75	73	65
Leixlip	11	16	19	21	18	24	26
Ballyfermot	72	56	66	77	75	73	78
Clondalkin	56	51	62	63	66	82	81
Ronanstown	58	65	63	65	66	72	78
Rathcoole	11	17	19	19	23	21	23
Store St.	231	227	234	233	228	225	261
Fines Office	9	8	8	8	7	8	7
Fitzgibbon St.	120	118	114	113	112	116	119
Mountjoy	78	84	80	75	77	82	85
Bridewell	156	157	167	167	155	157	163
Dun Laoghaire	109	110	104	107	109	106	90
Dalkey	27	23	23	23	23	29	28
Kill-O-Grange	35	35	38	36	33	36	37
Cabinteely	42	42	46	49	41	39	40
Bray	76	74	76	77	77	79	75
Enniskerry	6	7	7	6	6	5	5
Shankhill	50	48	53	53	48	53	55
Greystones	28	28	28	28	26	28	29
Blackrock	71	75	75	75	74	66	66
Dundrum	62	57	51	53	62	69	65
Stepaside	40	40	42	42	37	36	32

I have been further informed that statistics on the number of gardaí in every Garda station in Dublin for the years prior to 1997 are not readily available and can only be obtained by the disproportionate expenditure of Garda time and resources.