151 Miss Fox asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide sufficient gardaí to the Enniskerry Garda Station to provide a full day service; if his attention has been drawn to the area this station is required to cover; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that retiring and transferred personnel have not been replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25695/00]

I am informed by the Garda authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of personnel and resources to individual areas that the current personnel strength, all ranks, of Enniskerry Garda station is six.

I am also informed that the station is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily and that the extension of the current opening hours to 24 hours would necessitate the deployment of Garda personnel on indoors administrative duties. Such personnel can be utilised more effectively in providing a visible Garda presence on outdoor policing duties.

I am further informed by the Garda authorities that Enniskerry covers an area of 33.29 square miles. Two thirds of this area consists of national park, Powerscourt Estate and State forest.