Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 January 2013
148. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current breakdown of Garda cars by station and district in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4583/13]
View answerDecisions in relation to the provision and deployment of Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner. Responsibility for the efficient deployment of all official Garda vehicles in each Division is assigned to the Divisional Officer, who may allocate vehicles between Stations as required by operational circumstances. The Deputy will appreciate that a degree of flexibility in allocating and re-allocating vehicles among stations, so as to best match the allocation of resources with policing priorities, is essential to the efficient management of the Garda fleet. As a consequence it is not practicable to provide a breakdown of Garda vehicles by individual station. However, I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are currently 55 patrol cars/vans allocated to the Donegal Division and a breakdown by District is provided in the following table:
|
Garda District |
No. of Patrol Cars/vans |
|
Ballyshannon |
13 |
|
Buncrana |
11 |
|
Glenties |
7 |
|
Letterkenny |
17 |
|
Milford |
7 |
