Alan Kelly
Question:
416. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 7 March 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities, to answer this question. [19339/23]
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Regrettably, the information sought by the Deputy is still awaited from the Garda authorities. I will contact the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.
As you will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including operational policing matters. As Minister, I have no direct role. I am advised by the Garda authorities that it is not possible to provide the information sought by the Deputy as the Garda College does not have systems available to extrapolate the specific information. However, you may be interested to know that the Garda College Training Plan for 2023 states that €6,997 is the amount required by the Garda College to Finance CBD3 training for 32 Garda members.
I note the costings do not include potential travel expenses that participants may incur travelling from various locations throughout the country to the training centre.
I also note that there are facilities maintenance, administrative and supervisory costs involved with the delivery of these courses. However, the Garda College financial system is not capable of providing this level of breakdown.
I hope this is of assistance to you.
