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MURPHY FOLLOWS SENIOR GARDA MEETING BY DEMANDING URGENT ACTION ON PALTRY KILDARE GARDA ALLOCATION
Press Release 31st May 2011
Kildare North TD, Catherine Murphy today met with the Senior Gardaí responsible for allocating garda resources to Kildare to stress the urgency of Kildare’s need for additional Garda resources.
Murphy specifically highlighted to Gardaí that should they redistribute only 109 Gardaí from Dublin to Kildare the difference in service would equate to a 33% increase in Kildare’s Garda resources but only a 3% reduction in that of Dublin.
“I think it’s vitally important to stress just how disadvantaged Kildare has become in terms of Garda resources if we’re going to see any change. The simple fact that moving 109 gardaí from Dublin to Kildare represents such a minor loss for the former and such a large gain for the latter illustrates why senior Gardaí need to urgently reassess how they allocate resources.”
Upon her re-election to the Dáil, Murphy contacted Garda Commissioner Martin Calinan to request a meeting on Kildare’s unreasonably low allocation of Garda resources and today’s meeting was the fruition of that request. Murphy invited all four of the North Kildare TDs to attend the meeting and was joined by Deputy Emmet Stagg and a representative of Deputy Anthony Lawlor, with Deputy Bernard Durkan unable to attend due to a prior commitment.
“Overall I felt it was a very positive meeting where there was a good open dialogue between us and the Garda Officials who took the time to meet with us. It just remains to be seen what come of it” stated Murphy.
Murphy has reaffirmed her commitment to putting continued pressure on the Garda Commissioner until Kildare is allocated it’s fair share of resources.
“This isn’t about anything other than fairness and equality. The simple fact is that according all of the statistics Kildare ranks lowest amongst all other counties when you compare the number of gardaí per capita of population. This is just wrong: wrong for the people living and working in Kildare and wrong for the Gardaí who are expected to do their jobs without adequate resources to support them.”
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