Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 4 Nov 1998

Vol. 496 No. 1

Written Answers. - Garda Deployment.

Pat Carey

Ceist:

193 Mr. P. Carey asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to Finglas Garda Station, Dublin 11, for each of the past three years; the additional resources available to the station for special units and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22102/98]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue)

I am informed by the Garda authorities, who are responsible for the allocation of Garda resources to individual areas, that the staffing strength of Finglas Garda station for each of the last three years is as follows:

Date	Strength (all ranks)
02/11/98	80
31/12/97	76
31/12/96	75

The Garda authorities have also advised that the resources of district, divisional and national specialised units of the Garda Síochána are available where necessary to augment local policing arrangements already in place in the Finglas area.