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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 June 2014

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Questions (495)

Willie Penrose

Question:

495. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda stations at Ballinacargy and Multyfarnham, County Westmeath will be provided with the PULSE system, to enable gardaí to carry out their functions and duties immediately and more efficiently and without the necessity to have to recourse to Garda stations located a considerable distance from these locations in order to access the PULSE system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27296/14]

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The deployment of resources including access to the Garda Wide Area Network and the services it carries, including PULSE and other Garda Information Systems are a matter for the Garda Commissioner to decide upon based on operational considerations. In this context I am informed by the Garda Authorities that there are currently 430 networked locations having access to PULSE, the Fixed Charge Processing System, the Garda Portal and external email among other systems. These networked locations account for approximately 85% of all incidents recorded on PULSE. I am further informed that while there are no immediate plans to add Ballinacargy and Multyfarnham Garda stations to the network, the addition of more stations to the Garda network is considered on a case by case basis in relation to the availability of broadband and the cost of the installation. In that respect An Garda Síochána are also considering mobile (3G / 4G) solutions for the remaining stations which are currently not networked.

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