Jim O'Keeffe
Question:221 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí recruited during each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33835/04]
View answerWednesday, 15 December 2004
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I am informed by Garda authorities that the following are the intake numbers of students in each of the years 2002, 2003 and to date in 2004.
|
Year |
Garda College Intake |
|
2002 |
547 |
|
2003 |
687 |
|
2004 |
518 |
As part of my proposal to increase the strength of the force to 14,000, in line with the Government's commitment set out in An Agreed Programme for Government, approximately 274 recruits will be taken into the college each quarter, for the next three years, amounting to almost 1,100 recruits each year.
The advertisement campaign for this first trench of 1,100 recruits was launched on Thursday, 25 November 2004.