Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

How can the Taoiseach's stand over people being taken into the Garda College in Templemore without being vetted? People who were not vetted went into the Garda College towards the end of last year. They are being trained and this is costing a significant amount of money. They have access to all facilities, to guns, to the armoury and to a lot of information, but they were not vetted. This was done in order to massage the figures relating to the intake of gardaí last year. It was done at the very end of the year. Prior to this, all people going into Templemore had to be vetted. We have a ludicrous situation where those who passed everything to go into the college in 2023 are still awaiting vetting and have decided not to join An Garda Síochána because it has taken so long-----

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