Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 December 2025
129. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who have retired or left the force in Cork to date in 2025, and the number of new Gardaí assigned. [67569/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have been provided with the following table by the Garda authorities which outlines the number of Retirements and Resignations in Cork County and Cork City Divisions in 2025, as of the end of October 2025.
Figures include Voluntary, Compulsory, Cost Neutral Early Retirements, and Resignations.
|
Departure type |
Cork City |
Cork County |
Total |
|
Voluntary Retirement |
6 |
7 |
13 |
|
Compulsory Retirement |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Cost Neutral Early Retirement |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Resignation |
10 |
3 |
13 |
|
Grand Total |
18 |
11 |
29 |
I can inform the Deputy that between 2020 and so far in 2025, 219 Probationer Gardaí have been assigned to Garda Divisions in Cork. There have been a total of 62 new Gardaí assigned to Cork City Division and 14 to Cork County Division from January 2025 to the end of November 2025. The allocation of 36 new Gardaí to Cork City from the November attestation is supporting the new high visibility policing initiative launched by An Garda Síochána on 24 November.
The Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution and stationing of Garda personnel throughout the State under section 33 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024.
In the interest of transparency, An Garda Síochána publishes detailed breakdowns on the allocation of Gardaí by Division, Station and rank. This information is updated on a monthly basis. This can be found at the following link:
www.garda.ie/en/about-us/our-departments/human-resources-and-people-development/garda-hr-directorate/garda-strength-breakdown-2025/.
To access these figures the Deputy should select the Garda Workforce figures for the latest month and access the file titled “Garda members by Division District Station 2009 to the latest date” for a breakdown of Gardaí by Garda station going back to 2009.
In relation to the number of Probationer Gardaí assigned to a Division from the Garda College, Templemore, the Deputy should use the link provided and select the file titled 'Allocation of Probationer Gardaí by Division and Station 2015 to present'.
