Garda Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 December 2015

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Questions (101)

Micheál Martin

Question:

101. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in each of the Dublin metropolitan divisions on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015 in tabular form. [44376/15]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

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.

In 2014, this Government ended the moratorium on Garda recruitment introduced by the last Government in 2009. To date, there have been six intakes of Garda Trainees to the Garda College, giving a total intake of 550. So far, 295 of the new Garda Trainees have attested as members of An Garda Síochána. On attestation, new probationer Gardaí are assigned to stations throughout the country by the Garda Commissioner, where they are assigned to mainstream uniform policing duties. The Deputy will be aware that I announced the opening of a recruitment campaign for new members of An Garda Síochána on 27 November last. This new campaign is necessary to fulfil the Government’s commitment to recruit 600 Gardaí in 2016.

I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the number of stations and the number of Gardaí assigned to those stations in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) on the 31 October 2010, and on 31 October 2015 the latest date for which figures are readily available, is as set out in the following tables.

DMR Total strength 31 October 2010
Division	District	Station	Total
D.M.R. EAST	BLACKROCK	BLACKROCK	98
		DUNDRUM	79
		STEPASIDE	31
	Total		208
	DÚN LAOGHAIRE	CABINTEELY	39
		DALKEY	31
		DÚN LAOGHAIRE	112
		KILL-O-GRANGE	28
		SHANKILL	60
	Total		270
Total			478
D.M.R. NORTH	BALBRIGGAN	BALBRIGGAN	67
		GARRISTOWN	3
		LUSK	7
		RUSH	6
		SKERRIES	11
	Total		94
	BALLYMUN	BALLYMUN	129
		DUBLIN AIRPORT	22
		SANTRY	83
		WHITEHALL	49
	Total		283
	COOLOCK	COOLOCK	120
		MALAHIDE	38
		SWORDS	84
	Total		242
	RAHENY	CLONTARF	80
		HOWTH	41
		RAHENY	74
	Total		195
Total			814
D.M.R. NORTH CENTRAL	BRIDEWELL	BRIDEWELL	180
	Total		180
	FITZGIBBON STREET	FITZGIBBON STREET	117
		MOUNTJOY	102
	Total		219
	STORE STREET	STORE STREET	303
	Total		303
Total			702
D.M.R. SOUTH	CRUMLIN	CRUMLIN	107
		SUNDRIVE ROAD	77
	Total		184
	RATHMINES	RATHMINES	68
		TERENURE	105
	Total		173
	TALLAGHT	RATHFARNHAM	76
		TALLAGHT	200
	Total		276
Total			633
D.M.R. SOUTH CENTRAL	DONNYBROOK	DONNYBROOK	133
		IRISHTOWN	57
	Total		190
	KEVIN STREET	KEVIN STREET	157
		KILMAINHAM	83
	Total		240
	PEARSE STREET	HARCOURT TERRACE	81
		PEARSE STREET	269
	Total		350
Total			780
D.M.R. WEST	BLANCHARDSTOWN	BLANCHARDSTOWN	197
		CABRA	70
		FINGLAS	124
	Total		391
	CLONDALKIN	BALLYFERMOT	100
		CLONDALKIN	97
		RATHCOOLE	29
	Total		226
	LUCAN	LUCAN	82
		RONANSTOWN	95
	Total		177
Total		47 Stations	794

DMR total strength 31 October 2015
Division	District	Station	Total
D.M.R. EAST	BLACKROCK	BLACKROCK	88
		DUNDRUM	85
	Total		173
	DÚN LAOGHAIRE	CABINTEELY	38
		DÚN LAOGHAIRE	105
		SHANKILL	64
	Total		207
Total			380
D.M.R. NORTH	BALBRIGGAN	BALBRIGGAN	64
		GARRISTOWN	2
		LUSK	10
		SKERRIES	9
	Total		85
	BALLYMUN	BALLYMUN	121
		DUBLIN AIRPORT	21
		SANTRY	87
	Total		229
	COOLOCK	COOLOCK	104
		MALAHIDE	29
		SWORDS	64
	Total		197
	RAHENY	CLONTARF	66
		HOWTH	28
		RAHENY	65
	Total		159
Total			670
D.M.R. NORTH CENTRAL	BRIDEWELL	BRIDEWELL	161
	FITZGIBBON STREET	MOUNTJOY	189
	STORE STREET	STORE STREET	246
Total	Total		596
D.M.R. SOUTH	CRUMLIN	CRUMLIN	93
		SUNDRIVE ROAD	64
	Total		157
	TALLAGHT	RATHFARNHAM	69
		TALLAGHT	176
	Total		245
	TERENURE	RATHMINES	55
		TERENURE	85
	Total		140
Total			542
D.M.R. SOUTH CENTRAL	DONNYBROOK	DONNYBROOK	108
		IRISHTOWN	48
	Total		156
	KEVIN STREET	KEVIN STREET	118
		KILMAINHAM	75
	Total		193
	PEARSE STREET	PEARSE STREET	279
Total			628
D.M.R. WEST	BLANCHARDSTOWN	BLANCHARDSTOWN	154
		CABRA	68
		FINGLAS	106
	Total		328
	CLONDALKIN	BALLYFERMOT	86
		CLONDALKIN	89
		RATHCOOLE	21
	Total		196
	LUCAN	LUCAN	74
		RONANSTOWN	94
	Total		168
Total		40 Stations	692