Vol. 502 No. 3
529 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the urgent measures, if any, he proposes to substantially improve the civilian-garda ratio in the Waterford and Kilkenny division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7938/99]
The detailed deployment of Garda personnel to individual areas is a matter for the Garda authorities who have informed me that the current personnel strength for Waterford-Kilkenny division, as of 3/3/99, is 328 members – all ranks. They have also informed me that the Waterford-Kilkenny division has a garda-population ratio of 1:494 which has improved from a previous ratio of 1:535.
