James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As stated, the transfer and stationing of An Garda Síochána is an operational matter for the Commissioner, but I will bring the Deputy's concerns to him. On recruitment, An Garda Síochána has brought in important measures to comply with its language obligations. These include the introduction of an Irish language stream in the recruitment process, whereby 10% of all spaces in each competition are reserved for fluent Irish speakers and the introduction of an allocation process for Gaeltacht stations, which included a revised system of assessment as recommended by An Coimisinéir Teanga. There is also an Irish language proficiency panel, which includes Irish speaking members who wish to serve in Gaeltacht areas. This provides opportunities for all personnel to improve their proficiency and the introduction of an Irish language interpretation service available to all personnel to allow for the facilitation of services through Irish if personnel with Irish are unavailable to assist.

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