Catherine Murphy
Question:1610. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of serving gardaí that are post-2013 entrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41539/22]
View answerTuesday, 26 July 2022
Questions (1610)
Written answers
I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 1610 of 26 July 2022 where you sought:
‘The number of serving gardaí that are post-2013 entrants”
As you will recall, I had sought the information you requested from the Garda authorities and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand.
In accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including all human resource matters and recruitment. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. I am assured however, that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities, to ensure their optimum use.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that the table appended below outlines the number of newly attested Gardaí since the recommencement of recruitment to date.
I am further informed that in addition to the newly attested members in the below table, recruitment to An Garda Síochána included a Garda Commissioner in 2018, a Deputy Commissioner in 2021, an Assistant Commissioner in 2020, Superintendents in each of the years 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 and 3 Garda members recruited for specific posts in the Garda Armoury in 2018 (2) and 2019 (1).
Of the 4,017 post 2013 entrants, 3,779 are still serving.
Appendix
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
296 |
393 |
883 |
789 |
605 |
522 |
148 |
370 |