Martin Kenny
Ceist:693. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the full breakdown of staff including gardaí and civilians within An Garda Síochána from 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32361/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 21 June 2022
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The Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs, with the unprecedented allocation provided in Budget 2022 of over €2 billion.
As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, 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.
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.
I am advised by the Garda authorities that at 31 May 2022, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 14,347 Garda members nationwide. This represents an increase of over 2% since end December 2018 when there were 14,032 Garda members. These Garda members are supported by 3,140 Garda staff which represents an increase of over 29% since end December 2018.
For the Deputy's information the attached spreadsheet, which was provided to me by the Garda authorities, sets out the number of Gardaí by Division, District and Station at end December 2018 to end December 2021, and at 31 January 2022 up to and including 31 May 2022.
Further detailed information in relation to Garda numbers, including that allocation of Garda staff, for the years 2010 up to 30 April 2022, the latest date for which figures are available, 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:
http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/An_Garda_Siochana_facts_and_figures.