Shane McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who have retired and the number who have been recruited since January 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31847/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of Gardaí who have retired from the Force, both voluntarily and on age grounds, to-date in 2009 is 351. Some 200 trainees have been recruited to the Garda Training College since the start of 2009 and the moratorium on recruitment in the public service currently applies to An Garda Síochána.