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asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be called up for Garda training; the numerical point in the call-up list that has now been reached; the period for which and the number to which the current list will operate.
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asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be called up for Garda training.
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asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be called up for Garda training.
Limerick East): I propose to take Questions Nos. 361 to 363 inclusive, together.
My Department are not directly involved in the holding of competitions for entry to the Garda Síochána or the calling up of candidates and I regret that I am unable to undertake to give information by way of reply to parliamentary questions in relation to the position of individual candidates. Any such information can be sought by candidates, or on their behalf, from the Garda authorities who will supply details in so far as it may be possible to do so at any particular time, but it will be appreciated that such information may not be available.
In general terms the present position about Garda appointments is that a total of 487 candidates have been appointed to the force from the most recent recruitment competition. To secure that number of appointments a total of 754 candidates have been called for medical examination and, where appropriate, oral Irish test. As I have indicated in reply to other parliamentary questions on 6 March 1984, present plans are to recruit approximately 50 more in each of the months April, June, September and October but the precise numbers to be appointed will depend on the level of vacancies arising from resignations, retirements and deaths during the year. No decision has been made at this stage as to the total number to be appointed from the 1983 competition or the length of time the lists of qualified candidates will last, but the matter is at present under review in consultation with the Garda authorities.
