I have been informed by the Garda authorities, which are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength of Glanmire Garda station as at 14 October 2005 was 17, all ranks. The personnel strength of Glanmire Garda station as at 1 January 1998 was 14, all ranks. This represents an increase of three, or 21%, in the number of personnel allocated to Glanmire Garda station.
Glanmire Garda station is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday. It also opens from 12 noon to 1 p.m. on Sundays. A new 24-hour mobile patrol system was introduced at the station in March 2005.
The extension of the opening hours at Glanmire would only serve to confine additional personnel to indoor duties and it is the view of the Garda authorities that such personnel would be deployed more usefully on the beat.
I am informed that local Garda management is satisfied that the current arrangements in place in Glanmire are adequate to meet the current policing needs of the area.