As the Deputy is aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended). This includes the recruitment and training of Garda members and staff, and all internal Garda promotion competitions. As Minister I have no role in these independent functions.
To be of assistance I have contacted the Garda authorities and have been advised that the below table shows the number of competitions, number of vacancies and number of applicants by rank to join the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
|
Year
|
Rank
|
Number of Competitions
|
Number of Posts
|
Number of Applications
|
|
2023
|
Detective Inspector
|
1
|
2
|
<10
|
|
2023
|
Detective Sergeant
|
1
|
5
|
45
|
|
2023
|
Sergeant
|
1
|
3
|
23
|
|
2023
|
Detective Garda
|
1
|
16
|
196
|
|
2023
|
Garda (in progress)
|
1
|
10
|
121
|
An Garda Síochána do not provide data for counts of fewer than 10 due to security and data protection considerations.
Please note that the information supplied is correct as of 13 September 2024, is operational and is subject to change.
