Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when the last group of Garda trainees who completed and passed their training at Templemore College, County Tipperary, in September 2008 and who were due to be recruited in August 2009 will be recruited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42115/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I assume that the Deputy is referring to the group of candidates who have passed the entry requirements and were due to commence training in August 2009. I refer the Deputy to PQ no 105 of Tuesday 10th November 2009 in which I stated that the moratorium on Public Service recruitment, introduced in May 2009, applies to Garda recruitment. I intend to keep the position under review during the course of 2010 in consultation with the Garda Commissioner and my colleague the Minister for Finance.