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Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny, TD, has questioned the Minister for Justice, Dermot Ahern, TD, regarding the number of applications being processed and the length of time being taken for such processing by the Garda Central Vetting Unit.

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny has received information that a review is currently being undertaken with potential for the further expansion of the remit of the Garda Information Services Centre based at Davitt House in Castlebar.

Delegates at the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors Annual Conference in Galway have passed a motion calling for the full time arming of Regional Support Units (RSUs).

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny TD has received the reply to a parliamentary question from the Justice Minister, Dermot Ahern, TD, where he gives no firm commitment to ensuring the replacement of Garda personnel in Kilmaine, Co Mayo. In the Minister’s response, he makes no solid commitment to the people of Kilmaine and passes the responsibility to the Garda Commissioner and his senior management to decide upon staffing allocations.

Mayo Dáil deputy Michael Ring has again raised the issue of having CCTV cameras installed in Westport. However, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has informed the Fine Gael spokesperson on Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht affairs, the town has not met a number of qualifying criteria to get approval for the scheme.

I wrote recently of the urgent need for competence in Government. Commercial competence gained through experience at the coalface is essential to successfully negotiate the current economic challenges. In any major public organisation the people at the helm are appointed on ability gained through experience of working at a high level in business.

The safety of vulnerable elderly people in their own homes is being put at risk by massive cuts in the funding allocated under the Community Support for Older People Scheme; cuts to the Garda budget; the continued downgrading of rural Garda stations; and a minuscule allocation of community gardaí, according to Fine Gael’s Michael Ring.

A moratorium on recruitment and promotions in the public sector means that Ballycastle garda station is without any garda personnel. In fact rural garda stations across Mayo have been severely impacted by the number of officers retiring in the county.

Retailers are to agree on a voluntary code of practice for the display of alcohol in shops, according to Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary.

A Carlow-based Garda received the Commissioner's medal for achieving the highest academic grades in her year at the passing out ceremony of 273 newly qualified gardaí held at the Garda College in Templemore, Co Tipperary on Monday last.