Carol Nolan (Offaly, Independent)
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647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure incurred by An Garda Síochána in the 2024 training campaign for forensic collision investigators and the external organisations that were paid to run the training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7413/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including all matters related to training and recruitment. As Minister, I have no direct role in these operational matters. I am assured however that the distribution of resources between the different Garda units and specialist roles is kept under constant review, in light of operational needs.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that the cost of training 22 Garda members and the cost of two trainers who provided the Forensic Collision Investigator Training course amounted to £163,960 (approximately €197,600)

I am further advised that 12 Garda members are fully trained Forensic Collision Investigators (FCI) and that a further eight members are currently undergoing FCI training.

I am also informed that the external organisation paid to run the FCI training was AITs Ai Training services.