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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: I suppose the Deputies are wondering if there was proportionality in respect of what threshold the NCBI comes in at. That is the question here. On the face of it, it seemed to be a relatively small matter. It is about what point they come in at and the use of resources there.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Harris. On the e-scooters, I have the answer here to the relevant part of it. I am not going to read the whole thing but the second paragraph says that regulations for e-scooters are now expected to be in place by quarter 1 of 2024. I do not know if any of the Deputies have any information on that. Deputy McAuliffe seems to think that it may be in place but it says,...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Briefly as well, on allowances, they do not receive pay per hour or anything like that but I understand there are some kind of allowances. Briefly, what are those?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: I am in favour of it because obviously it costs you money to-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: That is maybe for travelling in and out to work.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Or if somebody has to arrange a babysitter while they are-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is in the region of about €1,000 a year at the moment.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: On the figures that Ms Cooke gave, around 340, that is a drop of 30 since this time last year. It was 371 in March 2023.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: That is a drop of 25.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: March 2023 was 371. That is the figure I have here.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: In March it was 371. How many were there at the height? Ms Cooke were just about to say that.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is there resistance from regular gardaí to having reserves deployed with them?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Obviously if somebody is in a paid job, that is their livelihood. If somebody is a carpenter by day and they are volunteer policeman or woman by night, on one night at the weekends or whatever, you can see why regular members would maybe feel that their position is being undermined, with respect to their representative body or union. That is not a block?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: I am coming to that. I thank Ms Cooke. In his opening statement, the Commissioner said something about recruitment that surprised me. He said that in 2022, the Garda ran a recruitment competition that attracted 11,000 applications. He remarked that a lot of people want to join, which is all to the good. However, at the end of that year, how many new gardaí did we get? Was it 400 or...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: The 1,800 applicants progressed into training.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: They came through and successfully came out at the other end as members.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Some 291 of the 10,500 who came through that year are still there. It would appear that the recruitment and retention rate in respect of applicants who become full officers of the Garda is approximately one in 50.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Only about one in 50 applicants makes it and is retained. There are 291 remaining of those 10,500 or 11,000 applicants.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: For 2022, the numbers being recruited and retained appear to be very low. Ms Cooke went on to say there is still a panel from the 2023 competition. However, those who applied in 2022 are not still on a panel.