Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 1183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda recruits enlisted for training between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2006; when the various groups were taken in; the number of members in each group; the number who have left; the locations where these personnel are accommodated; the number he intends to take in and when between 1 January 2006 and 1 January 2007; the locations where these will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1897/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I have been informed by the Garda authorities, which are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that a total of 1,125 student gardaí were inducted into the Garda College between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2006, as set out in the following table.

The Garda authorities have also informed me that four student gardaí resigned voluntarily and one student garda resigned in lieu of dismissal during 2005.

Garda management states that students starting on phase I training are accommodated initially at the Garda College and then in private houses when phase V students return. Garda management also states that students returning on phase III training are accommodated in private houses. Probationer gardaí returning on phase V training are accommodated at the Garda College.

The Garda authorities plan that the following intakes of 275 student gardaí will commence training on the dates as set out as follows:

Garda management also anticipates that student gardaí inducted during 2006 will be accommodated in the same manner as previously outlined in relation to student gardaí in 2005.