Written Answers Nos. 514-533
514. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the initiatives that he is planning to increase the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists qualifying on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48404/22]
View answerThe matter of health workforce planning and ensuring an appropriate pipeline of qualified healthcare workers within Ireland, is a major priority for my Department. The Programme for Government commits the Department of Health to working with the education sectors, regulators, and professional bodies to improve the availability of health professionals and reform their training to support integrated care across the entire health service. This includes occupational therapists and speech and language therapists.
My officials are actively engaging with the Department of Health and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that we can continue to deliver graduates with the skills necessary to support our healthcare system and support the strategic workforce planning by the health sector.
515. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will change the rules in relation to the three-year residency for children born outside the European Union whose parents have returned to Ireland to allow the children to become eligible for grants for third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48407/22]
View answerUnder the terms of the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means.
With regard to the residency criterion, in order to be eligible for a grant, a "student", as defined in Section 14 of the Student Support Act 2011, must demonstrate that he/she has been resident in the State for at least three years out of the five year period ending on the day before the start of his/her approved course of study. Similar and in some cases more restrictive residency criteria apply in other member States e.g. in the UK a student has to be resident for the three years immediately preceding his/her commencement in college.
The three out of five year rule takes cognisance of students who wish to take time out to travel or work abroad. Such students can still meet the residency requirement if they have not been outside the State for more than two of the previous five years. It is also possible for students, who did not meet the residency requirement at the commencement of their studies, to have their eligibility reviewed if they meet the residency requirement during the course of their studies.
Alternatively a tuition student who meets the residency requirement in a Member State, the EEA or Switzerland and satisfies the nationality requirements may be eligible for a fee grant. There are no plans to extend beyond the current eligibility criteria.
516. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who will not be entitled to the €1,000 one-off reduction in the student contribution; if he will extend it to all European Union students who have paid fees for the 2022-2023 academic year, whether student contribution or tuition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48488/22]
View answerAs part of Budget 2023, in recognition of the cost of living financial challenges facing full time third level students funded through my Department, I have secured a significant cost of living package for third level students including a once-off €1,000 state financial support towards the undergraduate student contribution fee for higher education students eligible for my Department’s free fees schemes.
Under my Department’s Free Fees schemes the Exchequer provides funding toward the tuition fee costs of eligible undergraduate higher education students with students paying the student contribution. Undergraduate students eligible for SUSI supports have this contribution paid, in part of in full, on their behalf under my Departments Student Grant Scheme.
The once off reduction of €1,000 relates specifically to the student contribution payable by student’s eligible for free tuition fees under my Department's free fees schemes in academic year 22/23 and will reduce the student contribution payable from €3,000 to €2,000 in 22/23. In this regard all full time undergraduate students eligible for free fees and paying the student contribution will benefit from this measure.
In the 2021/22 academic year there were over 246,000 enrolled in HEA-funded higher education institutions. As the 2022/23 academic year is only now getting underway, we do not have enrolment figures yet however I can advise the Deputy that in 22/23 it is estimated that over 149,000 Irish and EU full time undergraduate students will be eligible for free fees. This means in addition to the SUSI eligible students receiving a student contribution support (estimated at over 55,000 in academic year 22/23) an estimated 94,000 free fees eligible students will benefit from this measure alone at a cost of c.€95.6million.
Students not eligible for the free fees schemes pay a full tuition fee as determined by the higher education institution attended. These institutions are autonomous bodies and the level of fee payable by students who do not meet the requirements of the free fees scheme is a matter for the relevant institution to determine. In this regard a student contribution does not apply and therefore the once off student contribution reduction of €1,000 in 22/23 cannot benefit students that are not eligible for free fees.
However, for tuition fee students supports are available to full time students via the statutory based Student Grant Scheme. The Student Grant Scheme, administered by SUSI, provides grant assistance to students pursuing an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. Students can determine their eligibility at susi.ie/eligibility/income/.
As part of the cost of living measures I secured additional supports for students including:
- A once-off reduction of up to 33% in the contribution fee for apprentices;
- A once-off extra payment for all student maintenance grant recipients;
- A once-off increase of €1,000 in the support to SUSI qualified Post Graduate students, increasing from €3,500 to €4,500;
- A further €8 million investment in the Student Assistance Fund for the 2022/23 academic year.
For any student experiencing difficulties currently, there is a significant allocation to the aforementioned Student Assistance Fund (SAF). The SAF assists students in a sensitive and compassionate manner who might otherwise be unable to continue their third level studies due to their financial circumstances. This fund is administered on a confidential, discretionary basis and I would encourage students to contact their access office to avail of these funds.
517. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of PhD researchers who will qualify for the €500 stipend increase that he announced in budget 2023; the proportion of PhD researchers that this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48489/22]
View answer518. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of PhD researchers in Ireland; the number of these who are in receipt of Science Foundation Ireland and Irish Research Council-funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48490/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 517 and 518 together.
I can only respond to the Deputy’s question in terms of the student numbers supported by my Department through Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council, and on student numbers as reported by the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the latest Higher Education Research and Development Survey (HERD) survey.
The HERD Survey is undertaken every two years to monitor the level of research and development activities in the higher education sector. Its latest iteration was published in January 2021 and can be accessed on: www.gov.ie/en/publication/00d67-higher-education-research-and-development-survey-2018-2019/.
The next HERD survey will be published in December 2022.
According to the latest data from the HERD Survey,(2018) there are a total of 9,964 PhD and research masters students. Of this, Irish HEIs had 2,120 internally-funded PhD and Research Master students. In the HERD Survey, 'Internally-funded' includes students who receive stipends, who are wholly funded by their institution's internal scheme (Recurrent Grant), who get only fees paid by the HEI, and staff who are doing PhDs/Master's in their own HEI.
As at 1/9/22, there were 2,022 PhD Students directly attributed to active SFI awards and the Irish Research Council is currently supporting 1143 PhD researchers across its range of funding programmes.
As approximately 4,000 students are understood to self-fund, the Budget measure covers approximately half of all PhD students supported by a research funder.
521. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of medical students that are at present enrolled segmented in the six medical schools in Ireland for the most recent five-year period by college and gender and if the student originated in Ireland and is an overseas candidate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48519/22]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below, retrieved from the HEA Student Records system, including enrolment by academic year from 2017/2018 to 2021/2022, breakdown of Irish and not from Ireland enrolment and percentage of male and female students. This is inclusive of Graduate Entry Medicine students.
|
HEI |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
|
National University of Ireland, Galway |
1,074 |
1,077 |
1,083 |
1,121 |
1,099 |
|
Royal College of Surgeons |
1,929 |
1,996 |
2,027 |
2,113 |
2,126 |
|
Trinity College Dublin |
878 |
879 |
912 |
906 |
922 |
|
University College Cork |
926 |
930 |
940 |
941 |
946 |
|
University College Dublin |
1,179 |
1,198 |
1,245 |
1,333 |
1,427 |
|
University of Limerick |
587 |
569 |
568 |
576 |
565 |
|
Grand Total |
6,573 |
6,649 |
6,775 |
6,990 |
7,085 |
|
Domiciliary (Broad) |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
|
IE |
3,314 |
3,211 |
3,273 |
3,366 |
3,347 |
|
Not IE |
3,259 |
3,438 |
3,502 |
3,624 |
3,738 |
|
Grand Total |
6,573 |
6,649 |
6,775 |
6,990 |
7,085 |
|
Gender |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
|
Female |
55% |
56% |
56% |
57% |
57% |
|
Male |
45% |
44% |
44% |
43% |
42% |
522. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the €1,000 increase announced for postgraduate fee grants applies to all postgraduate grants, including those in receipt of a special rate postgraduate grant currently capped at €6,270; and if the cap will be lifted by €1,000 to allow for the increase. [48582/22]
View answerI was pleased to announce as part of Cost of Living measures in Budget 2023 a once off increase in the Post Graduate fee grant by €1,000 from €3,500 to €4,500. Postgraduate students who meet the eligibility criteria for a Postgraduate Fee Contribution will benefit from this measure. Postgraduate students who receive the Special Rate of grant will not receive this as they have their tuition fee contribution paid up to €6,270. Those students already receive the maximum support available to postgraduates and the €1,000 once-off increase is targeted at students who receive a lower level of support.
Postgraduate students on the Special Rate of Maintenance Grant will receive a once-off extra maintenance payment equivalent to one month’s maintenance, to be made by this December. The special rate of grant will also increase effective from January 2023.
I also announced a further investment of €8 million in the Student Assistance Fund for the current academic year. This will help many students who continue to struggle financially.
523. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the Government intends to provide funding to trainee educational psychologist completing doctorates in a college (details supplied) as of budget 2023, given that this type of psychologist training is the only professional doctorate programme which is not Government funded; the measures that are being taken to alleviate these indiscretions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48612/22]
View answerMy Department is strongly committed to supporting the mental health of the population through the provision of graduates with the key competencies and skills to be effective in the health workforce, and support a range of clinical teams in our health services.
The main support available to students is the statutory based Student Grant Scheme administered by SUSI. The Student Grant Scheme supports eligible postgraduate students with the cost of attending higher education.
Apart from the student grant a number of supports are available to assist postgraduate research students in their studies. This includes a range of grants from research funders, institutional scholarships, as well as supports through Student Assistance Fund. Research students in receipt of grants must comply with the terms of their funding award from these bodies, which can vary from funder to funder.
My Department understands there is a longstanding arrangement in place under which the HSE recruit Trainee Clinical Psychologists and sponsor their training in order to encourage employment with the HSE of suitably qualified professionals. This arrangement is made by the HSE and is not the responsibility of my Department. The question of whether similar arrangements should be put in place in relation to other psychological specialties in order to meet their workforce needs is a matter for consideration by the appropriate recruiting bodies.
Issues arising from sponsorships and employment eligibility in relation to psychologists, and indeed more generally, are matters for relevant employers rather than the responsibility of my Department.
525. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if a master's degree obtained in 2015 after which a stamp 2 graduate visa from 2015 to 2016 was issued can be included as reckonable in a citizenship application given that Stamp 1G is now reckonable, while acknowledging that Stamp 1G did not exist in the period mentioned; her views on whether it would exclude the aforementioned cohort if their particular visas were not permitted to be included as reckonable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47871/22]
View answerWhere a person was previously granted a Stamp 2 Immigration permission, in line with the Graduate Programme criteria applying at the time, then the period of residence on that Stamp 2 permission was considered reckonable for the purposes of making an application for Citizenship and any such application received was accepted and processed in line with the 1956 Act as amended.
My Department published a revised Third Level Graduate Programme in 2017 that provided transitional provisions for people who had already received an award on or before 31st December 2016. These transitional arrangements allowed non-EEA nationals to present at their local immigration office to renew their residence in the state and receive a Stamp 1G, if they continued to be eligible for participation in the Graduate programme.
The revised Third Level Graduate Programme 2017 is available on my Department's website here: Third-level-graduate-programme.pdf (irishimmigration.ie).
526. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a report on the community safety innovation fund, including the number of groups that applied, the number that were successful and the amount in funding that was allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47875/22]
View answerThe development of the Community Safety Innovation Fund is a key commitment under Justice Plan 2022 which will have a significant impact on the development of community safety projects throughout the country.
As the Deputy will be aware, my Department opened applications for the new Community Safety Innovation Fund on 11 April 2022.
The new fund will use money seized from the proceeds of crime to support investment in innovative community safety projects. This a fitting reflection of the successful work of An Garda Síochána and the Criminal Assets Bureau in identifying and seizing proceeds from criminal activity.
The fund has an initial allocation of €2 million under Budget 2022, with a further allocation of €3 million secured under Budget 2023, and I expect this funding to grow in future to continue to reflect the successes of An Garda Síochána, the Criminal Assets Bureau and other agencies involved in denying criminal elements the benefits of their enterprises. Of course, any future allocations to the fund will be subject to the usual budgetary processes.
An information webinar was held on 30 May to provide information for potential applicants to the scheme and had over 130 attendees.
The new Community Safety Innovation Fund closed for applications for its first year of operation on June 8 2022. I can confirm that my Department received 124 applications from a diverse range of organisations seeking to access funding for innovative projects to improve community safety.
Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications in the coming weeks with grants made to the successful applicants soon thereafter and, as such, the Deputy will appreciate that I am not in a position to confirm the number of successful applicants until such time as the process is complete and all applicants have been informed by my Department of their application status.
527. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the reason for delays in the post-mortem system which are holding up the release of bodies to families for funerals in many cases to upwards of a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47891/22]
View answerAs I am sure the Deputy is aware, coroners are independent statutory officers exercising quasi-judicial functions, which neither I nor my Department have any role in.
Responsibility for the provision of pathology and histopathology services nationwide lies with the Health Service Executive or the individual hospital concerned. Coroners throughout the country work closely with the hospitals and consultant pathologists at a local level to ensure that post mortems are carried out as directed and in as timely a manner as possible.
However, to be of service to the Deputy, if she brings specific delays in the provision of post-mortem services to the attention of my Department, officials are available to make enquiries on her part.
528. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by her, Ministers of State in her Department and Department staff for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [47918/22]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that no domestic flights were taken by Ministers, Ministers of State or Department staff in the period specified.
529. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice the progress that she is making with a protected disclosure submitted to her by an individual (details supplied) who was once employed in the Prison Service and who has spoken publicly about their experiences and grievances; if she has processed the disclosure in line with current legislation; and if she will reach out to the individual concerned to determine whether a solution can be found to the matters raised. [47925/22]
View answerAs the Deputy is aware, the Protected Disclosures Act was enacted in 2014 to allow employees to bring alleged wrongdoing to the attention of the appropriate authorities.
The Act also affords very important protections to persons making protected disclosures. I am sure that the Deputy will appreciate therefore that it would not be appropriate for me to comment on nor confirm the existence of any specific protected disclosure. The protection of those wishing to make a protected disclosure rightly prioritises the confidentiality of the process, which is central to the efficacy of that process.
530. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Chinese state is operating a police overseas service station in Dublin; her views on whether this could lead to the development of a parallel system of policing in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47957/22]
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531. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to the Dublin metropolitan region south central divisional drug squad for each of the past five years; the number of community gardaí in each station in the division for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47977/22]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the general management and administration of the Garda organisation. This includes the deployment of Garda members throughout the State. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters.
I am however assured that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under continual review in the context of policing priorities and crime trends, to ensure their optimal use. I also understand that the allocation of resources and numbers required locally for Community Policing is solely the responsibility of the Divisional Officer.
The Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs, with the unprecedented allocation provided in Budget 2023 of €2.14 billion.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that at 31 August 2022, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 689 Garda members assigned to the DMR South Central, which represents an increase of over 6% since end December 2018.
When appropriate, the work of local Gardaí is supported by a number of Garda national units such as the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Armed Support Units, the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.
The table below, which has been provided to me by the Garda authorities, sets out the number of Gardaí assigned to the DMR South Central Drugs unit at end December 2018 up to end December 2021, and at 31 August 2022 the latest date for which figures are available.
|
Drugs Unit - DMR South Central |
Dec-18 |
Dec-19 |
Dec-20 |
Dec-21 |
Aug-22 |
|
Total |
12 |
17 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
*The above information is based upon operational data which has been provided by An Garda Síochána and may be liable to change.
The Deputy will also be aware that, to date, the official categorisation as a Community Garda has simply referred to those who are exclusively assigned to building relationships with local communities and civil society, including giving talks to schools, community groups and others.
It is important to note, however, that community policing is at the heart of An Garda Síochána and that all Gardaí have a role to play in community policing in the course of carrying out their duties.
Indeed, this is fundamental to the new Garda Operating Model recommended by the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland and currently being rolled out under 'A Policing Service for Our Future', the Government's implementation plan for the Commission's recommendations.
I am informed by the Garda authorities, that the table below sets out the number of Gardaí assigned to Community Policing in the DMR South Central at end December 2018 up to end December 2021, and at 31 August 2022 the latest date for which figures are available.
|
Community Garda - D.M.R. South Central |
Dec-18 |
Dec-19 |
Dec-20 |
Dec-21 |
Aug-22 |
|
Kevin Street |
5 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
5 |
|
Kilmainham |
5 |
7 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
|
Pearse St |
15 |
22 |
28 |
26 |
24 |
|
Donnybrook |
1 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
Irishtown |
2 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
|
Total |
28 |
48 |
57 |
54 |
46 |
*The above information is based upon operational data which has been provided by An Garda Síochána and may be liable to change.
Further detailed information in relation to Garda numbers can be found on my Department’s website. This information is updated every month with the latest data provided by An Garda Síochána, and includes the number of Gardaí by station across the whole country.
The information can be found at the following link: www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/An_Garda_Siochana_facts_and_figures
532. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if restrictions have been imposed upon the application of the immigrant investor programme for persons resident in the Russian Federation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47982/22]
View answer536. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Justice if the immigrant investor programme is available to Russian citizens at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48090/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 532 and 536 together.
On 8 March 2022 I instructed my Department officials that no further applications from Russian citizens were to be accepted for the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP).
Since the Programme was introduced in 2012, there have only been three applications made by Russian nationals and there are currently no Russian beneficiaries or applications to the scheme.
The IIP was introduced in April 2012 to encourage inward investment and create business and employment opportunities in the State. The programme provides investors with the opportunity to invest in Ireland. Key to the programme is that the investments are beneficial for Ireland, generate or sustain employment and are generally in the public interest. Over 1,400 applications have been successful under the IIP to date with the value of investments approved over €1bn.
The IIP is not a visa scheme or a citizenship scheme. It offers successful applicants a Stamp 4 Immigration permission for themselves and their immediate family members for an initial two year period and is renewed thereafter subject to the scheme’s criteria being met.
Given the significant immigration benefits accruing to successful applicants under the programme all such persons are subject to rigorous screening by my Department as to their suitability during the application process. This screening includes due diligence and sanction checks in respect of applicants, and reputable international databases are accessed for this purpose, as and when required, to ensure that only reputable individuals are eligible for permission. These rigorous checks are aimed at protecting the integrity of the programme and the State’s interests.
533. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 21 October 2021, the number of Garda officers now assigned to County Longford; and the allocation to each station in the county by rank as of 31 August 2022 (details supplied). [47983/22]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, which includes decisions on the deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no role in these matters.
The Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs, with the unprecedented allocation provided in Budget 2023 of €2.14 billion.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that at 31 August 2022, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 298 Garda members assigned to Roscommon/Longford Division of which 139 Garda members assigned to Co. Longford (Granard District - 45 and Longford District 94).
The table below which has been provided to me by the Garda authorities, sets out the number of Garda members assigned to Roscommon/Longford Division at 31 August 2022, the latest date for which figures are available.
|
ROSCOMMON LONGFORD DIVISION |
District |
Station |
GD |
SG |
IN |
SU |
CS |
AC |
Total |
|
CASTLEREA |
BALLAGHADERREEN |
6 |
2 |
8 |
|||||
|
BALLINLOUGH |
|||||||||
|
BOYLE |
19 |
3 |
2 |
24 |
|||||
|
CASTLEREA |
25 |
9 |
1 |
35 |
|||||
|
ELPHIN |
1 |
1 |
|||||||
|
FRENCHPARK |
2 |
2 |
|||||||
|
KEADUE |
1 |
1 |
|||||||
|
ROOSKY |
1 |
1 |
|||||||
|
STROKESTOWN |
3 |
1 |
4 |
||||||
|
TULSK |
1 |
1 |
2 |
||||||
|
TOTAL |
58 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
78 |
||||
|
GRANARD |
DRUMLISH |
2 |
2 |
||||||
|
EDGEWORTHSTOWN |
7 |
2 |
9 |
||||||
|
GRANARD |
28 |
4 |
1 |
33 |
|||||
|
SMEAR |
1 |
1 |
|||||||
|
TOTAL |
38 |
6 |
1 |
45 |
|||||
|
LONGFORD |
BALLYMAHON |
10 |
1 |
11 |
|||||
|
KENAGH |
|||||||||
|
LANESBORO |
2 |
1 |
3 |
||||||
|
LONGFORD |
66 |
10 |
3 |
1 |
80 |
||||
|
TOTAL |
78 |
12 |
3 |
1 |
94 |
||||
|
ROSCOMMON |
ATHLEAGUE |
1 |
1 |
||||||
|
CLONARK |
5 |
1 |
6 |
||||||
|
ROSCOMMON |
55 |
12 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
74 |
|||
|
TOTAL |
61 |
13 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
81 |
|||
|
ROSCOMMON / LONGFORD Total |
235 |
48 |
11 |
3 |
1 |
298 |
*The above information is based upon operational data which has been provided by An Garda Síochána and may be liable to change.
I understand that it is a matter for the Divisional Chief Superintendent to determine the optimum distribution of duties among the personnel available to them, having regard to the profile of each area within the Division and its specific needs.
In the interests of transparency, further detailed information in relation to Garda numbers can be found on my Department’s website. This information is updated every month with the latest data provided by An Garda Síochána, and includes the number of Gardaí by station across the whole country.
The information can be found at the following link: www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/An_Garda_Siochana_facts_and_figures
