Brian O'Shea
Ceist:507 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in each division on 30 April 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13114/00]
Written Answers. - Garda Deployment.
The detailed allocation of Garda personnel to an individual area is a matter for the Garda authorities who have informed me that the current personnel strength, all ranks, in each operational Garda division as of 30 April 2000 is as outlined in the following statistical table.
|
Division |
Strength |
|
Carlow/Kildare |
305 |
|
Cavan/Monaghan |
383 |
|
Clare |
234 |
|
Cork City |
577 |
|
Cork North |
247 |
|
Cork West |
239 |
|
DMA Eastern |
542 |
|
DMA North Central |
585 |
|
DMA Northern |
579 |
|
DMA South Central |
674 |
|
DMA Southern |
483 |
|
DMA West |
568 |
|
Donegal |
435 |
|
Galway West |
325 |
|
Kerry |
251 |
|
Leix/Offaly |
278 |
|
Limerick |
429 |
|
Longford/Westmeath |
243 |
|
Louth/Meath |
543 |
|
Mayo |
260 |
|
Roscommon/Galway East |
256 |
|
Sligo/Leitrim |
264 |
|
Tipperary |
311 |
|
Waterford/Kilkenny |
331 |
|
Wexford |
296 |
Brian O'Shea
Ceist:508 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda recruits recently graduated from Templemore; the number allocated to the Kilkenny/Waterford division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13115/00]
I am informed by the Garda authorities that a total of 108 probationer gardaí graduated from the Garda College in Templemore on 4 May 2000. These members were assigned to Garda stations last year following their attestation to the force. Members are attested to the force after 62 weeks training while graduation does not take place until student-probationer gardaí have successfully completed all phases of the training programme which takes two years to complete.
I am also informed by the Garda authorities that 138 student gardaí were attested as members of the Garda Síochána on 5 April 2000 – of which five were assigned to the Waterford-Kilkenny division.