Results 1-7 of 7 for garda reserve segment:8866300
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Ms Yvonne Cooke: The Public Appointments Service is still a valued partner to An Garda Síochána. PAS currently supports us with respect to running the Garda trainee competition, all of our Garda staff competitions and soon the Garda Reserve. We found that our needs and demand were significant. To be fair to the Public Appointments Service, it was not able to commit to the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Mr. Drew Harris: I do accept that. Our estate that most Garda members work out is of a certain age and we are having to make do. At 570 stations, however, to refresh that within a 50-year period would, in effect, mean we would have to be opening new stations at a rate of between ten and 11 every year, and we are nowhere near that. Some of the stations we have are modern and their shelf...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Brian Stanley: ...and footpaths but as I said earlier on, people are using them to get to work on cycle lanes and so on. Legislation is expected but with regard to footpaths, if that letter could be sent out to Garda divisions it would be good. On the Garda Reserve, the provision for the Garda Reserve was €1.395 million, and the outturn was €126,000. When I am going through some of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Mr. Drew Harris: There are a number of factors here. We have a Garda strategy. We were awaiting the new Garda Reserve regulations to allow for their recruitment. We have those regulations now, and they have come through Cabinet. That allows us then to open up a recruitment programme for the Garda Reserve. I might turn to Ms Cooke on the timing of that recruitment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) .... It is definitely going to be within the next quarter. That will be a national competition, and regionalised in terms of our outreach as well. At this point in time, we sit with 346 in the Garda Reserve, and our intention is to demonstrably increase that. What we will be highlighting is the role of volunteering in Ireland, and the specialist experience and qualifications that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) ...Cooke: We do not experience that. What I would say is that we are going to be actively engaging with chief superintendents and superintendents locally to look at how we can best support the Garda Reserve and policing operationally at a local level. We think there are better ways in which we can deploy for greater visibility. We have not witnessed in any way-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Ms Yvonne Cooke: What I would say is that staff associations are always keen to highlight the need to continue to increase the Garda trainee cadre. That is clear in terms of the regulars but there has been no resistance to the reserve.