Paul Donnelly
Question:801. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to each divisional criminal assets profiling unit, in tabular form. [35791/23]
View answerTuesday, 25 July 2023
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The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a multi-agency statutory body established under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996. The Bureau’s remit is to target a person's assets, wherever situated, which derive, or are suspected to derive, directly or indirectly, from criminal conduct. Since its inception, the Bureau has been at the forefront of fighting organised crime in this jurisdiction and disrupting the activities of criminal gangs by depriving them of ill-gotten assets.
The Bureau has staff drawn from An Garda Síochána, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners (including Customs), the Department of Social Protection and my Department.
I can confirm to the Deputy that there are no division criminal assets profiling units. Rather, Divisional Asset Profilers are trained by the Criminal Assets Bureau, and tasked with continuously providing a criminal asset profiling service in each Garda Division. These profilers are the eyes and ears of the Bureau, as they cover every Garda Division, and have first-hand knowledge of criminality in their geographic locations. The Divisional Asset Profiler Network provides the Bureau with an increased reach to all areas throughout the country.
The below table, provided by the Bureau, shows the number of Asset Profilers by rank attached to each Division/Unit as of 18 July 2023. This information is operational and subject to change. To note, the table below provides information based on the proposed Operating Model, some Divisional figures have been combined though those Divisions have not, as yet, amalgamated.
|
Division |
Profilers Trained- Total |
Profilers of Sergeant Rank |
Profilers of Garda Rank |
|
Donegal/Sligo/Leitrim |
24 |
3 |
21 |
|
Mayo/Roscommon/Longford |
30 |
11 |
19 |
|
Galway |
12 |
3 |
9 |
|
Clare/Tipperary |
21 |
4 |
17 |
|
Limerick |
24 |
19 |
5 |
|
Kerry |
10 |
2 |
8 |
|
Cork City |
17 |
5 |
12 |
|
Cork West/Cork North |
22 |
3 |
19 |
|
Waterford/Kilkenny/Carlow |
26 |
4 |
22 |
|
Wexford/Wicklow |
23 |
18 |
5 |
|
Kildare/Laois/Offaly |
27 |
5 |
22 |
|
Meath/Westmeath |
27 |
4 |
23 |
|
Cavan/Monaghan |
18 |
6 |
12 |
|
DMR Crime Tasking Unit (CTU) |
6 |
5 |
1 |
|
DMR East |
20 |
3 |
17 |
|
DMR North |
26 |
5 |
21 |
|
DMR North Central |
26 |
10 |
16 |
|
DMR Roads Policing |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
DMR South |
31 |
5 |
26 |
|
DMR South Central |
16 |
2 |
14 |
|
DMR West |
36 |
11 |
25 |
|
Department of Social Protection* |
11 |
1 |
10 |
|
Governance & Accountability( G&A) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (GNBCI) |
14 |
5 |
9 |
|
Garda National Crime & Security Intelligence Service (GNCSIS) |
14 |
2 |
12 |
|
Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) |
16 |
1 |
15 |
|
Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) |
15 |
3 |
12 |
|
Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) |
7 |
3 |
4 |
|
Garda National Protective Services Bureau (GNPSB) |
6 |
1 |
5 |
|
Special Detective Unit (SDU) |
9 |
1 |
8 |
|
Total |
537 |
147 |
390 |
*Garda members seconded to Department of Social Protection