The provision and allocation of Garda vehicles is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified policing priorities.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of Garda vehicles assigned to the Mayo Garda Division for the periods referred to is as set out in the following table:
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Period
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Number
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2010
|
59
|
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2011
|
57
|
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2012 (as at 21/06)
|
54
|
I am advised by the Garda authorities that Garda vehicles are retired for a variety of reasons, including where vehicles are considered beyond economic repair, as a result of accidents and where patrol vehicles have reached an odometer reading of 300,000 kilometres. I am further advised that it is not possible to isolate the number of vehicles which have been decommissioned upon reaching 300,000 kilometres as this information is not readily available and its extraction would require a disproportionate use of Garda time and resources. However, I am informed that the total number of vehicles decommissioned from the Garda Fleet in 2010, 2011 and to 21st June, 2012, is as set out in the following table:
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Period
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Number
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1 Jan-31 Dec 2010
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124
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|
1 Jan-31 Dec 2011
|
306
|
|
1 Jan-21 June 2012
|
168
|
