Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 December 2025
619. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of roads policing members currently trained to CPD3 standard for the operation of high-powered Garda vehicles; and the allocation of these members and vehicles across each Divisional Roads Policing Unit. [69442/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Garda Commissioner is responsible for managing the administration and business of An Garda Síochána under Section 33 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024, including the training and allocation of Garda personnel and the deployment of resources available to him.
There are a total of 515 Garda members currently trained to CPD3 standard for the operation of high-powered Garda vehicles in the organisation. Garda authorities advise, however, that not all trained members remain in roles that require this certification as some may have been promoted and/or successful in competitions to transfer to other positions within the organisation where this certification is not applicable.
Garda authorities advise that they are unable to provide a count of the current divisional allocation of trained members within the timeframe available as this would require consultation with each individual Divisional Roads Policing Unit.
To be of assistance, the Garda authorities have provided the below table which shows the number of RPU High Powered Vehicles by Division.
|
Division |
No of Vehicles |
|
Clare Tipperary |
1 |
|
Cork City |
1 |
|
Cork County |
2 |
|
DMR North |
1 |
|
DMR Traffic |
3 |
|
Donegal |
2 |
|
Galway |
1 |
|
Kildare Carlow |
2 |
|
Louth Cavan Monaghan |
3 |
|
Mayo Roscommon Longford |
1 |
|
Meath Westmeath |
1 |
|
Waterford Kilkenny |
1 |
|
Wexford Wicklow |
1 |
In the interest of transparency, An Garda Síochána publishes information in relation to the allocation of Gardaí nationally. This includes a breakdown of Gardaí assigned to the roads policing unit nationwide. 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/ .
The Deputy should select the most recently available date and then select the file titled ‘Roads policing by division to the most recent date" to access a breakdown of Garda members.
