James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On Garda recruitment, trainee members of An Garda Síochána start in Templemore and spend 34 weeks there, followed by a placement of 70 weeks at a Garda station. It is 104 weeks in total or, in effect, two years. It is known as probation. It can be extended by the Commissioner in particular circumstances if needed. One will see those members of the Garda on the streets, albeit as probationer members of the Garda Síochána, 34 weeks after each intake. That is where we are at in that regard.