Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein)
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460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 13 December 2022, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities. [2795/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, which includes internal competitions for specialist units within An Garda Síochána. As Minister, I have no direct role in these independent functions.

The Deputy’s previous question had sought information on the number of competitions that were held for sworn Garda personnel to join divisional roads policing units in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

The below table, furnished to me by the Garda authorities, shows the number of competitions held by Division and rank for the years requested by the Deputy.

Divisional competitions for Roads Policing Units held in 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

I hope that this information is of assistance.