Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 July 2015
253. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to prioritise increasing Garda Síochána resources on the ground in rural areas of east Limerick, given the recent surge in serious criminal activity in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27423/15]
View answerAs the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel, among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts. Garda management keep this distribution under continuing review taking into account crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the best possible use is made of these resources.
I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of Limerick Garda Division as of the 31 May 2015, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 533. There are also 53 Garda Reserves and 49 Civilians attached to the Limerick Garda Division. I have circulated with this answer a complete breakdown of Gardaí assigned to the Limerick Division, District and stations.
The Deputy will be aware that the first intake since 2009 of 100 new recruits entered training at the Garda College, Templemore, on 15 September 2014. As part of Budget 2015, a further intake of 200 recruits in two batches was announced. On 15 December 2014, the first 100 of these batches commenced their training. The remaining 100 entered the college in February this year. The September intake attested as members of the Garda Síochána on 23 April 2015 and further attestations are scheduled to take place in July and September. I have received sanction for two further intakes of 125 Garda recruits later this year. This will bring the number of new recruits to 550 by the end of 2015. On attestation they will be assigned to Garda stations throughout the country by the Garda Commissioner.
The next set of Garda recruits to be attested is planned for the end of July 2015 and at that stage will be assigned by the Garda Commissioner to Garda stations throughout the Country.
|
Division |
District |
Station |
Garda |
Sgt |
Insp. |
Supt |
C/Supt |
Ass. Comm |
Total |
|
LIMERICK |
BRUFF |
BALLYLANDERS |
1 |
1 |
|||||
|
BRUFF |
22 |
4 |
26 |
||||||
|
BRUREE |
1 |
1 |
|||||||
|
CAPPAMORE |
2 |
1 |
3 |
||||||
|
HOSPITAL |
2 |
2 |
|||||||
|
KILMALLOCK |
5 |
1 |
6 |
||||||
|
MURROE |
2 |
2 |
|||||||
|
PALLAS |
1 |
1 |
|||||||
|
Total |
36 |
6 |
42 |
||||||
|
HENRY STREET |
ARDNACRUSHA |
3 |
3 |
||||||
|
CASTLECONNELL |
3 |
1 |
4 |
||||||
|
HENRY STREET |
191 |
33 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
231 |
|||
|
MAYORSTONE PARK |
61 |
9 |
1 |
71 |
|||||
|
Total |
258 |
43 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
309 |
|||
|
NEWCASTLE WEST |
ABBEYFEALE |
7 |
1 |
8 |
|||||
|
ADARE |
2 |
2 |
|||||||
|
ASKEATON |
9 |
1 |
10 |
||||||
|
ATHEA |
1 |
1 |
|||||||
|
BALLINGARRY |
1 |
1 |
|||||||
|
CROOM |
3 |
3 |
|||||||
|
DRUMCOLLOGHER |
2 |
2 |
|||||||
|
FOYNES |
2 |
2 |
|||||||
|
NEWCASTLE WEST |
29 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
36 |
||||
|
PALLASKENRY |
1 |
1 |
|||||||
|
RATHKEALE |
8 |
2 |
10 |
||||||
|
Total |
65 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
76 |
||||
|
ROXBORO ROAD |
BALLYNEETY |
2 |
2 |
||||||
|
CAHERCONLISH |
1 |
1 |
|||||||
|
PATRICKSWELL |
2 |
2 |
|||||||
|
ROXBORO ROAD |
102 |
16 |
2 |
1 |
121 |
||||
|
Total |
107 |
16 |
2 |
1 |
126 |
||||
|
Total |
466 |
74 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
553 |
