Vol. 407 No. 1
225 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice if he proposes to set up and employ highly trained crime fighting units in all Garda divisions who would be called on to investigate major crimes and who would co-operate with each other across administrative areas.
There are no proposals to establish specialist Garda units of the kind referred to in the question. I am informed by the Garda authorities that each Garda division already has the services of members of the force who possess the necessary investigative and other skills needed to tackle serious crime and that these members take a co-ordinated approach to crime which traverses Garda administrative boundaries. The services of centralised specialist units such as the technical bureau are of course also available if and when required.
