Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
Ceist:1185 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 25 February 2010, when a reply will issue. [33979/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 29 September 2010
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Freagraí scríofa
The allocation of resources in An Garda Síochána, including the distribution of personnel, is a matter for the Commissioner and senior Garda Management and it is the responsibility of the Divisional Officer to allocate personnel within each Division or national unit.
I am informed by the Commissioner that there are a total of one hundred and eighty-nine (189) members of the Garda Síochána attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), which is assigned particular responsibilities regarding the removal from the State of non-nationals who no longer have permission to be in the State.
Personnel attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) perform a range of functions in the immigration area aside from the removal process. In particular members of the Garda Síochána attached to GNIB who have been appointed as immigration officers, fulfil immigration control duties at ports of entry to the State, while others are assigned to investigative duties, which include the prevention and detection of human trafficking and smuggling of illegal immigrants and the process of registering non-nationals who are in the State for reasons other than vacation. When the need arises, personnel assigned to immigration control, investigative, or registration related duties, are diverted to duties relating to the removal process.