236 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 24 September 2009, if he will raise with the Garda Commissioner the wide disparity in Garda levels in the various Garda divisional areas that is based on historical manning levels and not on the population or crime figures; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Kildare division has the highest population to garda figure at 580 to one, that Kildare has had the highest increase in headline crime and the lowest detection rate of such crime, and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the national average of population to garda is 343 to one, and if it is his policy to reassign manning levels to ensure gardaí are stationed where they are most needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35335/09]

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236 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 24 September 2009, if he will raise with the Garda Commissioner the wide disparity in Garda levels in the various Garda divisional areas that is based on historical manning levels and not on the population or crime figures; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Kildare division has the highest population to garda figure at 580 to one, that Kildare has had the highest increase in headline crime and the lowest detection rate of such crime, and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the national average of population to garda is 343 to one, and if it is his policy to reassign manning levels to ensure gardaí are stationed where they are most needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35335/09]

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