Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 970: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of An Garda Síochána and the Garda Reserve Force who are of a non-Irish background; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30789/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that the number of persons from a non-Irish background currently serving or in training in An Garda Síochána since diversity monitoring commenced in 2006 is 32.

The number of persons from a non-Irish background currently serving or in training for the Garda Reserve since its introduction in 2006 is 23.