Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 April 2012
1040 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the public service moratorium on recruitment; when he expects to lift the recruitment moratorium on Garda trainees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19465/12]
View answerThe moratorium on Public Service Recruitment continues to apply to An Garda Síochána and no date has been fixed for future intakes into the Garda College. A decision on when recruitment will re-commence will take into account the rate of retirements in the Garda Síochána and Government targets, set in the context of the agreement with the EU and the IMF, to reduce the numbers of public servants.
In addition to this, what will ultimately determine the sustainable level of Garda numbers, and therefore establish when recruitment will recommence, is the level of budgetary provision that can be made for the Force, and the Deputy will be conscious that difficult decisions will continue to have to be made, right across the public sector, in order to bring our public finances back into balance.
