Garda Strength

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 April 2014

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Questions (608, 609)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

608. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of An Garda Síochána; the extent to which the numbers have fluctuated in each of the past seven years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19581/14]

Bernard Durkan

Question:

609. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of women members of An Garda Síochána, at all ranks at present; the degree to which the numbers have fluctuated over the past ten years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19582/14]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

I propose to take Questions Nos. 608 and 609 together.

I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of An Garda Síochána on 31 December 2004 to 2013 and on 28 February 2014, the latest date for which figures are readily available, broken down by rank and gender is set out in the following tables :

Rank	31/12/04	31/12/04	31/12/05	31/12/05	31/12/06	31/12/06	31/12/07	31/12/07
-	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Commissioner	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
D/Commissioner	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
A/Commissioner	10	1	11	1	10	1	10	2
C/Superintendent	46	1	44	3	43	3	50	2
Superintendent	164	4	168	5	159	7	176	9
Inspector	276	15	270	18	269	18	308	22
Sergeant	1819	131	1779	147	1777	168	1869	214
Garda	7834	1905	7809	2006	8185	2311	8505	2585
Total	10152	2057	10084	2180	10446	2508	10921	2834

Rank	31/12/08	31/12/08	31/12/09	31/12/09	31/12/10	31/12/10	31/12/11	31/12/11
-	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Commissioner	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
D/Commissioner	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1
A/Commissioner	11	1	10	1	9	1	7	0
C/Superintendent	49	3	37	2	41	4	33	4
Superintendent	177	10	156	11	158	12	137	12
Inspector	321	23	295	22	310	26	294	25
Sergeant	1971	258	1814	264	1835	300	1732	292
Garda	8750	2835	8830	3102	8576	3103	8287	3068
Total	11282	3130	11145	3402	10931	3446	10492	3402

Rank	31/12/12	31/12/12	31/12/13	31/12/13	28/02/2014	28/02/2014
-	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Commissioner	1	0	1	0	1	0
D/Commissioner	1	1	0	1	0	1
A/Commissioner	9	0	8	0	8	0
C/Superintendent	37	4	40	4	39	4
Superintendent	138	15	132	15	132	15
Inspector	241	21	245	25	243	25
Sergeant	1623	280	1570	290	1559	289
Garda	8011	3042	7762	3000	7743	2998
Total	10061	3363	9758	3335	9725	3332

Question No. 610 answered with Question No. 605.