Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 6 Feb 1996

Vol. 461 No. 1

Written Answers - New Garda Regions.

Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

180 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Justice the population of each of the five new regions and the Dublin metropolitan area in relation to the Garda regionalisation plan; the total number of gardaí assigned to each region; and the number of senior rank gardaí in each region. [2401/96]

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Owen)

The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

The figures show the position on 31 December 1995.

	Northern region	Western region	Southern region	South Eastern region	Eastern region	Dublin Metropolitan region
Population	311,551	432,491	701,206	440,533	587,894	1,041,259
Assistant Commissioner	—	—	—	—	—	1
Chief Superintendent	3	4	4	3	4	10
Superintendant	14	14	23	16	21	34
Total Gardaí (all ranks)	1,102	1,006	1,665	869	1,285	4,032

It should be noted that the figures do not include members of the Force assigned to Garda headquarters or the Garda college. The figures for the Dublin metropolitan area include members attached to specialist units whose services are available on a nationwide basis. An assistant commissioner has now been appointed to each of the regions outside the Dublin metropolitan area.