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Written Answers. - Dublin Area Policing.
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Limerick East): The precise arrangements for policing particular areas are a matter for the Garda authorities. They have informed me that a meeting was held on 9 April 1985 between senior Garda officers and a number of traders from the area to discuss the problem of crime and vandalism. I understand from the Garda authorities that the matters complained of are being made the subject of on-going discussions between local gardaí and the traders and that it is hoped to effect a marked improvement in the position.
As regards the level of policing in the area, I am informed that the area is covered by Fitzgibbon Street and Mountjoy stations and that there has been a net increase of 30 gardaí in the aggregate strength of these stations — 11 in Fitzgibbon Street station and 19 in Mountjoy station — since January 1983.