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- 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.
- 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: Some of those candidates may work through.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Brian Stanley: For people who resign or move on from the force, are exit interviews carried out?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Brian Stanley: Are there exit interviews?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Brian Stanley: What is the main reason they give for leaving?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Brian Stanley: What are the three most common?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Brian Stanley: That is the new pension regime.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Brian Stanley: I will ask the Commissioner about the non-compliant procurement in 2022. There was €10.8 million for goods and services. There were 18 cases to the value of €3.8 million for towing services. I presume that mainly relates to towing vehicles off motorways and so on. Is that right? What is that for?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Brian Stanley: Does the figure include towing vehicles that have broken down on a motorway? How does that work? Does it go to tender?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Brian Stanley: Which divisions are those?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Brian Stanley: Which divisions are those?