Written answers

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Garda Recruitment

9:00 pm

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the reduced numbers entering Garda training, he will make a statement on the immediate short-term plans for the Garda Training College at Templemore. [21856/09]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Training College continues to provide an excellent and essential service to An Garda Síochána and will do so into the future.

There are currently a total of 774 Garda students in training. Approximately 275 of these will become attested in June 2009 with the remainder due to be attested over the next 12 months. The Public Service recruitment moratorium does not apply to the Garda Reserve and recruitment to the Reserve is ongoing. There are currently 198 reserve members at various stages of training and these trainees attend the Garda Training College as part of their training programme.

In the past few years the accelerated recruitment campaign resulted in the capacity of the training college being stretched. In response to on-going training requirements, some in-service Continous Development Courses for full-time members of the Force were transferred to an outsourced centre at the Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh in 2005. This allowed the Garda College to concentrate on recruitment training. In recent months the outsourcing has discontinued and this training is now taking place in the Garda College with a consequent reduction in associated training costs.

The situation in relation to recruitment and training will continue to be monitored to ensure that optimum use is made of the resources available at the Garda Training College.

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