Garda Reserve

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 July 2016

Thursday, 21 July 2016

Questions (56)

Jim O'Callaghan

Question:

56. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reserves in each Garda division in tabular form; the number in each division for the same date in each year from 2011 to 2015, inclusive. [23825/16]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality

As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including Garda Reserves, among the various Garda Divisions and Districts, and I as Minister have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keep this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of these resources.

In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, the number of Garda Reserves in each Garda Division on 31 May for each of the years 2011 to 2016 is as set out in the following table.

Garda Reserves 31/05/2011 to 31/05/2016
Division	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
DMR South Central	42	57	70	78	75	63
DMR North Central	27	44	62	79	67	52
DMR NORTH	71	66	57	63	59	53
DMR EAST	19	15	18	20	20	18
DMR SOUTH	41	47	42	51	38	33
DMR WEST	50	57	62	62	60	44
Waterford	25	27	36	37	32	29
Wexford	22	30	31	35	36	31
Tipperary	25	31	35	42	38	26
Kilkenny/Carlow	23	31	36	39	38	31
Cork City	48	53	66	75	67	59
Cork North	18	19	25	30	27	21
Cork West	19	25	29	28	29	19
Kerry	11	26	32	35	32	31
Limerick	33	47	50	53	53	50
Donegal	22	24	32	29	27	25
Cavan/Monaghan	16	19	23	27	21	15
Sligo/Leitrim	17	17	25	25	27	26
Louth	31	34	48	56	45	37
Clare	13	18	16	14	10	8
Mayo	25	30	35	35	34	29
Galway	52	58	69	70	55	38
Roscommon/Longford	14	15	20	18	13	11
Westmeath	20	18	25	25	24	18
Meath	22	29	36	43	36	27
Kildare	23	23	26	45	39	29
Laois/Offaly	17	28	31	28	25	23
Wicklow	15	30	35	37	30	24
TOTAL	761	918	1072	1179	1057	870