Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 March 2025
366. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice the number of new gardaí appointed to each garda division over the past five years, including the stations that they were appointed to within each division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13078/25]
View answerThe Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), including the recruitment and training of Garda members and staff. Under Section 33 of the Act, the Commissioner is responsible for the distribution and stationing of Gardaí throughout the State.
There are almost 18,000 Garda members, staff and reserves within the Garda organisation and the Government is committed to seeing these numbers grow. 149 Probationer Gardaí attested on 7 March and have been assigned to operational duties in Garda stations across the State.
Another 201 trainee Gardaí entered Templemore on 10 March, the largest intake since the lifting of public health restrictions.
Over €2.4 billion has been allocated to the Garda budget in 2025 and this funding will provide for further recruitment of Garda members and staff. The most recent Garda recruitment campaign closed at the end of February with over 6,700 applicants seeking to join the service.
In the interest of transparency, figures related to the Garda workforce are published on my Department's website, including the allocation of probationer Gardaí. This information is supplied by An Garda Síochána and is operational and subject to change. These figures are regularly updated by my Department, upon receipt of the information from the Garda authorities.
www.gov.ie/en/publication/bd777-an-garda-siochana-your-police-service-some-facts-and-figures/
To be of assistance to the Deputy, the allocation of Probationer Gardaí by station is available at: www.gov.ie/en/publication/7c2e6-probationer-gardai/
