Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 April 2025
119. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 20 March 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda Commissioner to answer this parliamentary question. [21444/25]
View answerI refer to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 20 March 2025 where you sought:
“To ask the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held for sworn Gardaí to apply to join Garda National Immigration Bureau in 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of vacancies, by rank, that were available during each of those competitions; and the number of Gardaí, by rank, that applied for each of those competitions, in tabular form.”
As you will recall, I sought the information from the Garda authorities and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand.
A reply was issued to you on 23 April 2025.
I have been advised that there were no competitions held in 2024 and to date in 2025 for sworn Gardaí to apply to join the Garda National Immigration Bureau. A number of competitions were held in 2023 for 36 positions across the ranks of Detective Inspector, Detective Sergeant, Sergeant, Detective Garda, and Garda.
