Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised)
2:00 am
Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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So far there are 370, with two more intakes with approximately 200 per intake. That would bring it to 770, which is substantially lower than the 1,000 per year needed to get to the 5,000, unless the Government's lifetime is longer than five years.