Dan Boyle
Question:750 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Peace Commissioners who operate in the State by local authority administrative area. [1425/05]
View answerWednesday, 26 January 2005
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The roll of Peace Commissioners is currently maintained by reference to Garda sub-district area, and not by local authority city or county. Consequently, Garda sub-district boundaries are not coterminous with local authority administrative area boundaries in the five cities and 29 counties identified in the Local Government Act 2001.
There are 6,808 serving Peace Commissioners, of which 6,587 are available to the general public and a further 221 were appointed in an ex officio capacity, mostly to Prisons and Places of Detention but also to Banc Ceannais na hÉireann, the Revenue Commissioners, the Garda Training College and a number of Departments.
A Peace Commissioner is normally appointed to serve a county and the immediately adjoining counties. Appointments are made in consultation with the Garda Síochána following an assessment of need in respect of an area for which a nomination has been received.
The table details the numbers appointed to each county.
|
County |
Appointments to Serve the General Public |
Ex-Officio Appointments |
Total |
|
Carlow |
62 |
62 |
|
|
Cavan |
143 |
3 |
146 |
|
Clare |
200 |
200 |
|
|
Cork |
950 |
24 |
974 |
|
Donegal |
289 |
289 |
|
|
Dublin |
1,258 |
154 |
1,412 |
|
Galway |
347 |
347 |
|
|
Kerry |
295 |
295 |
|
|
Kildare |
157 |
2 |
159 |
|
Kilkenny |
147 |
1 |
148 |
|
Laois |
114 |
13 |
127 |
|
Leitrim |
75 |
75 |
|
|
Limerick |
417 |
4 |
421 |
|
Longford |
72 |
72 |
|
|
Louth |
134 |
134 |
|
|
Mayo |
331 |
331 |
|
|
Meath |
146 |
146 |
|
|
Monaghan |
83 |
83 |
|
|
Offaly |
96 |
96 |
|
|
Roscommon |
153 |
7 |
160 |
|
Sligo |
110 |
110 |
|
|
Tipperary |
316 |
10 |
326 |
|
Waterford |
157 |
157 |
|
|
Westmeath |
120 |
120 |
|
|
Wexford |
277 |
277 |
|
|
Wicklow |
138 |
3 |
141 |
|
Total |
6,587 |
221 |
6,808 |