Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the next recruitment will take place to An Garda Síochána; the number proposed to be recruited; if priority will be provided to those already prioritised under previous recruitment processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47605/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware that I recently announced a further intake of 200 recruits into the Garda College, Templemore. The intake will be in two batches, the first on 15 December and the second in early 2015. This will bring to 300 the number of recruits in the Garda College and is a measure of this Government's commitment to ensure that recruitment to An Garda Síochána continues seamlessly. The first batch of recruits (already in training) will attest as members of the Garda Síochána in May of 2015 and will be assigned to Garda Stations throughout the country by the Garda Commissioner. As I have previously indicated, I will continue to monitor Garda staffing levels during 2015 with a view to agreeing further intakes to Garda College as required. Only persons who have been placed on the panel from the recruitment competition announced in 2013 can be called and in the order that they have been placed on that panel.