Garda Síochána Act 2005
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 Distribution of Garda Síochána.  |  
 33.— (1) Subject to section 22 , the Garda Commissioner shall determine the manner in which the Garda Síochána are to be distributed and stationed throughout the State.  | |
(2) The Garda Commissioner shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that members of the Garda Síochána stationed in a district that includes a Gaeltacht area are sufficiently competent in the Irish language to enable them to use it with facility in carrying out their duties.  | ||
(3) In this section “Gaeltacht area” means an area for the time being determined to be a Gaeltacht area by order made under section 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1956 .  |