Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will bring forward legislative or policy provisions to reverse the blanket ban on diabetics joining An Garda Síochána and to introduce a clear system whereby every applicant or serving member with diabetes can be individually assessed and if possible accommodated to ensure that no fully trained member is unnecessarily limited in the duties they are allowed to undertake. [32491/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that there is no blanket ban on persons with diabetes joining An Garda Síochána. Entry to An Garda Síochána is governed by the Garda Síochána (Appointment and Admission) Regulations 1988 as amended. Regulation 5(1) (b) of the said regulations state, inter alia: The Commissioner shall not admit a person as a trainee unless—

The person is certified by the Surgeon of the Force to be in good health, of sound constitution and fitted physically and mentally to perform duties of An Garda Síochána.