An interim reply issued to the Deputy on 9 October 1989 stating that the detailed arrangements for the policing of individual areas are a matter for the Garda authorities, that the Deputy's letter had been referred to these authorities for attention and that a further letter would issue to the Deputy as soon as the Garda report on the matter was received. This in fact was done — as soon as the gardaí had made the necessary inquiries and reported to my Department, a final reply issued to the Deputy.
I should mention that the local gardaí were in touch regularly with the local residents' association during the period referred to about the policing problems which were the subject of the Deputy's representations.