Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Síochána who have been dismissed from the force or lost their pension entitlements in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16190/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of personnel who have been dismissed from the Garda Síochána in each of the years 1995 to 2004 and from 1 January to 13 May 2005 was as set out as follows:

In addition, the number of probationer gardaí whose services have been dispensed with in the same period was as set out as follows:

Under the terms of the Garda Síochána Pensions Order 1925, and agreements made within the Garda Conciliation Council, deductions can be made from pensions only in cases involving financial loss to the Exchequer. This is meant to cover cases involving fraud and the like. No member of the Garda Síochána who has been dismissed from the force or whose services have been dispensed with in the past ten years has lost pension entitlements which they have accrued up to their final date of service.