Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 December 2004
61 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount allocated in his Department’s Estimates for 2005 for salaries, wages and allowances for the gardaí; the way in which this compares with the equivalent for 2004; the number of additional personnel that this will allow for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32486/04]
View answerThe 2005 Estimate allocation for salaries, wages and allowances for the Garda Vote amounts to €791.960 million. The equivalent allocation for 2004 was €752.824 million.
It is projected that 1,096 gardaí will be recruited in each of the next three years as part of the expansion of the Garda Síochána to 14,000 from its present strength of over 12,200. In the Estimates for 2005, €11.793 million has been allocated to deal with recruitment of gardaí in that year.
