An Garda Síochána

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Questions (592)

Sorca Clarke

Question:

592. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in counties Longford and Westmeath who have not completed either level one or level two of the competency-based driver assessment. [27778/22]

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Written answers

Minister for Justice

I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Unfortunately this was not to hand in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is received.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 31 May 2022 where you sought:

“To ask the Minister for Justice the number of Garda in counties Longford and Westmeath that have not completed either level one or level two of the competency based driver assessment.”

As you will recall, Minister McEntee sought the information you requested from the Garda authorities and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand. The delay in responding to you is regretted.

As you are aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána, including training. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the table below displays the number of Gardaí who received training in CBD1, CBD2 and CBD2 excluding Van Course driving courses in the Meath/ Westmeath Division and Mayo/ Roscommon/ Longford Division for each year between 2020 and 2022 as of 25 November 2022.

I understand that the available data represents the number of Garda members who have received training. The information is not stored in the manner referred to in the question.

I also understand that the figures available to the Garda Authorities are based on the relevant Garda Division and unfortunately are not geographically aligned with the county boundaries. Therefore, stats based specifically on County Westmeath and County Longford cannot be obtained.

			Meath / Westmeath Division
	2020	2021	* 2022
CBD1	0	51	0
CBD2	7	2	18
CBD2 – excl Van Course	0	1	6

			Mayo / Roscommon / Longford Division
	2020	2021	* 2022
CBD1	0	4	1
CBD2	5	4	15
CBD2 – excl Van Course	0	0	4

* Figures are up to 25 November 2022.

I hope that this information is of assistance.