Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 July 2023
535. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the number of community gardaí across the service in 2023; how many were in place in each year from 2016 to date; the breakdown for 2023 of where these are located, by division and Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34293/23]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, including the distribution and stationing of Garda members throughout the State, including to specialist units within the organisation. As Minister, I have no role in these independent, operational functions.
I am assured that the Garda Commissioner keeps the allocation of resources under continued review to ensure their optimum use. This takes into account factors including crime trends, operational strategies and local population figures.
I am advised by the Garda authorities that as of 31 May, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 670 Community Gardaí across the country. The table appended to this answer gives a breakdown of the Community Gardaí by Division and station nationwide as of the same date. The table below gives the number of Community Gardaí nationwide since 2016.
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
718 |
676 |
695 |
702 |
751 |
784 |
733 |
|
Jan 2023 |
Feb 2023 |
Mar 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
May 2023 |
|
683 |
683 |
673 |
673 |
670 |
Community policing is fundamental to the new Garda Operating Model recommended by the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland and currently being rolled out under 'A Policing Service for Our Future', the Government's implementation plan for the Commission's recommendations.
I am advised by the Garda authorities that a member of An Garda Síochána can be deemed to be a ‘Community Garda’ where that member is allocated to a Community Policing Team (CPT) and is responsible and accountable for applying a problem–solving approach to appropriate crime and policing quality of life issues in a specified geographic area through partnership and engagement.
I am also advised that in some rural areas, the existing personnel will form CPTs. They will have dual functions as first responders and community policing members. Additionally, CPTs will be augmented by Community Support Gardaí who will perform frontline duties and will be assigned a particular Community Policing Area to support dedicated Community Gardaí.
I understand that each Division will have a number of CPTs assigned to it, consisting of an Inspector, Sergeant and Community Policing Gardaí. CPTs will prioritise engagement with communities for the delivery of long-term sustainable solutions to community needs.
Community Policing Strengths as on 31.05.23
|
Station |
Insp |
Sergeant |
Garda |
Total |
|
Cavan/Monaghan |
||||
|
Bailieboro |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Carrickmacross |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Castleblaney |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Cavan |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Monaghan |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
Total |
1 |
1 |
14 |
16 |
|
Clare |
||||
|
Crusheen |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Ennis |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
Ennistymon |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Kilrush |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Shannon |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Total |
1 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
|
Cork City |
||||
|
Anglesea Street |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Ballincollig |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Bishopstown |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Blackrock |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Blarney |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Bridewell |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Carraigaline |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Douglas |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Glanmire |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Gurranbraher |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Mayfield |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Togher |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Watercourse Road |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
|
Total |
3 |
33 |
36 |
|
|
Cork North |
||||
|
Charleville |
||||
|
Cobh |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Fermoy |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Mallow |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Midleton |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Mitchelstown |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Youghal |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Total |
6 |
6 |
||
|
Cork West |
||||
|
Bandon |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Bantry |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Clonakilty |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Macroom |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Total |
4 |
4 |
||
|
DMR EAST |
||||
|
Blackrock |
7 |
7 |
||
|
Cabinteely |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Dun Laoghaire |
6 |
6 |
||
|
Dundrum |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Shankill |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Total |
2 |
27 |
29 |
|
|
DMR NORTH |
||||
|
Dublin Airport |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Balbriggan |
1 |
8 |
9 |
|
|
Ballymun |
1 |
8 |
9 |
|
|
Clontarf |
2 |
10 |
12 |
|
|
Garristown |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Howth |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Lusk |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Raheny |
||||
|
Coolock |
1 |
12 |
13 |
|
|
Rush |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Santry |
1 |
8 |
9 |
|
|
Skerries |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Swords |
1 |
8 |
9 |
|
|
Total |
7 |
64 |
71 |
|
|
DMR NC |
||||
|
Bridewell |
1 |
8 |
9 |
|
|
Mountjoy |
2 |
16 |
18 |
|
|
Store Street |
1 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
|
Total |
1 |
4 |
29 |
34 |
|
DMR SOUTH |
||||
|
Crumlin |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Rathfarnham |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Rathmines |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Sundrive Road |
5 |
5 |
||
|
Tallaght |
1 |
2 |
11 |
14 |
|
Terenure |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
|
Total |
1 |
6 |
39 |
46 |
|
D.M.R.S.C. |
||||
|
Donnybrook |
1 |
6 |
7 |
|
|
Irishtown |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
|
Kevin Street |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Kilmainham |
1 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
|
Pearse Street |
1 |
2 |
19 |
22 |
|
Total |
2 |
6 |
1 |
54 |
|
DMR WEST |
||||
|
Ballyfermot |
1 |
7 |
8 |
|
|
Blanchardstown |
1 |
1 |
9 |
11 |
|
Cabra |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
|
Clondalkin |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Finglas |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Lucan |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Rathcoole |
5 |
5 |
||
|
Ronanstown |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Total |
1 |
7 |
53 |
61 |
|
Donegal |
||||
|
Ballintra |
||||
|
Ballyshannon |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Buncrana |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Bundoran |
||||
|
Carrick |
||||
|
Donegal Town |
||||
|
Killybegs |
||||
|
Letterkenny |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Mountcharles |
||||
|
Pettigo |
||||
|
Total |
1 |
11 |
12 |
|
|
Galway |
||||
|
Galway |
2 |
9 |
11 |
|
|
Ballinasloe |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Órán Mór |
4 |
4 |
||
|
Salthill |
|
3 |
3 |
|
|
Clifden |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Loughrea |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Tuam |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Total |
2 |
21 |
23 |
|
|
Kerry |
||||
|
Killarney |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Tralee |
1 |
6 |
7 |
|
|
Total |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Kildare |
||||
|
Athy |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Clane |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Kilcullen |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Kildare |
||||
|
Celbridge |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Kilcock |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Leixlip |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Maynooth |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Naas |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Newbridge |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Total |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Kilkenny/Carlow |
||||
|
Ballon |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Ballyhale |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Bennetsbridge |
||||
|
Borris |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Callan |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Carlow |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Castlecomer |
5 |
5 |
||
|
Freshford |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Glenmore |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Goresbridge |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Graiguenamanagh |
4 |
4 |
||
|
Hacketstown |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Kilkenny |
2 |
8 |
10 |
|
|
Kilmoganny |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Mooncoin |
4 |
4 |
||
|
Muinebheag |
10 |
10 |
||
|
Mullinavat |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Myshall |
||||
|
Piltown |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Rathvilly |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Stoneyford |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Thomastown |
6 |
20 |
26 |
|
|
Tullow |
8 |
8 |
||
|
Urlingford |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Total |
9 |
78 |
87 |
|
|
Laois/Offaly |
||||
|
Birr |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Portlaoise |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Tullamore |
4 |
4 |
||
|
Total |
1 |
11 |
12 |
|
|
Limerick |
||||
|
Henry Street |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Mayorstone |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Roxboro Road |
1 |
8 |
9 |
|
|
Total |
3 |
26 |
29 |
|
|
Louth |
||||
|
Drogheda |
1 |
2 |
8 |
11 |
|
Dundalk |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
|
Total |
2 |
3 |
14 |
19 |
|
Mayo |
||||
|
Ballina |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Ballycroy |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Castlebar |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Claremorris |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Westport |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Total |
2 |
7 |
9 |
|
|
Meath |
||||
|
Ashbourne |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Kells |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Navan |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Oldcastle |
||||
|
Total |
2 |
8 |
10 |
|
|
Roscommon/Longford |
||||
|
Roscommon |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Ballaghdeerreen |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Castlerea |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Longford |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Ballymahon |
||||
|
Strokestown |
||||
|
Boyle |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Granard |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Edgeworthstown |
||||
|
Total |
2 |
8 |
10 |
|
|
Sligo/Leitrim |
||||
|
Sligo |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
|
Drumshambo |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Total |
2 |
7 |
9 |
|
|
Tipperary |
||||
|
Cahir |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Clonmel |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Nenagh |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Thurles |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Tipperary |
||||
|
Total |
2 |
6 |
8 |
|
|
Waterford |
||||
|
An Rinn |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Ardmore |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Ballymacarberry |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Cappoquin |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Dungarvan |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Kilmacthomas |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Lismore |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Tallow |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Waterford |
1 |
9 |
