Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full breakdown of staff including gardaí and civilians within An Garda Síochána from 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32361/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs, with the unprecedented allocation provided in Budget 2022 of over €2 billion.

As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, which includes decisions on the deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no role in these matters.

I understand that it is a matter for the Divisional Chief Superintendent to determine the optimum distribution of duties among the personnel available to them, having regard to the profile of each area within the Division and its specific needs. 

I am advised by the Garda authorities that at 31 May 2022, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 14,347 Garda members nationwide.  This represents an increase of over 2% since end December 2018 when there were 14,032 Garda members. These Garda members are supported by 3,140 Garda staff which represents an increase of over 29% since end December 2018. 

For the Deputy's information the attached spreadsheet, which was provided to me by the Garda authorities, sets out the number of Gardaí by Division, District and Station at end December 2018 to end December 2021, and at 31 January 2022 up to and including 31 May 2022. 

Further detailed information in relation to Garda numbers, including that allocation of Garda staff,  for the years 2010 up to 30 April 2022, the latest date for which figures are available, can be found  on my Department’s website. This information is updated every month with the latest data provided by An Garda Síochána, and includes the number of Gardaí by station across the whole country.

The information can be found at the following link:  

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Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full breakdown of staff and ranking in each divisional protective services unit in tabular form. [32362/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that there are currently 328 staff assigned to DPSUs and this figure is broken down by division and rank in the table below.

Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of crime prevention officers within An Garda Síochána by county. [32363/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the Garda authorities, unfortunately this was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy again once the information is to hand. 

Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have completed the competency based driving level 2 course by rank in each of the years since 2018 to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32364/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda training. As Minister, I have no role in such matters.

The tables below, furnished to me by the Garda authorities, show the number of Garda members by rank who have successfully completed Competency Based Driving Level 2 in the years in question.

*'CBD 2 Excl. van' refers to driver training in the standard Garda car only.