Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Drew Harris:

I will finish up on the numbers of members who should pass out of Templemore in the incoming year. The total will be 714. We hope the numbers will grow in 2025. The training course in Templemore is conducted over 30 weeks so there is a lag between bringing those recruits through the gates of Templemore and seeing them pass out as probationary gardaí. Our estimate for this year in terms of cessations is around the same as last year. In or around 410 or 415 will leave the organisation. I will ask Ms McMahon to deal with the road policing issues.