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Garda Deployment.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 October 2004

Wednesday, 6 October 2004

Questions (150)

Fergus O'Dowd

Question:

268 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí allocated to each county in 2004 compared to the number of Gardaí in each county in 1997. [23636/04]

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I have been informed by the Garda authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources including personnel that the personnel strength — all ranks — of each Garda division as at 1 October 1997 and 5 October 2004 is as set out as follows.

Division

1997

2004

Carlow/Kildare

292

325

Cavan/Monaghan

371

375

Clare

218

260

Cork City

543

618

Cork North

214

248

Cork West

227

250

D.M.R East

491

535

D.M.R. N.C

521

639

D.M.R. North

533

585

D.M.R. S.C.

748

788

D.M.R. South

455

548

D.M.R West

488

643

Donegal

438

418

Galway West

311

359

Kerry

230

265

Laois/Offaly

279

277

Limerick

427

479

Longford/Westmeath

235

247

Louth/Meath

492

535

Mayo

260

268

Roscommon/Galway East

231

247

Sligo/Leitrim

256

268

Tipperary

293

314

Waterford/Kilkenny

305

349

Wexford/Wicklow

270

310

County boundaries do not correlate to Garda divisional boundaries. The figure for the DMR south central includes command and control.

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