
Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that have retired from the force in the past five years and to detail their rank.
Written reply received from Deputy Alan Shatter: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the number of Gardaí, by rank, who have departed the Force in 2008-2012 is as set out in the table (right).
Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries recorded in Waterford City and county in each of the past five years.
Deputy Shatter replied: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.