Paul Lawless (Mayo, Aontú)
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1177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on the recent Garda recruitment campaign. [12087/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Regrettably, this was not available in time and I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Paul Lawless (Mayo, Aontú)
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1178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the marketing campaign to recruit more Gardaí, including company details, value of contract, and the details of the contract. [12088/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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It has not been possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the time available.

I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Paul Lawless (Mayo, Aontú)
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1179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in the regular unit, by county, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [12089/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), including the recruitment and training of Garda members and staff. Under Section 33 of the Act, the Commissioner is responsible for the distribution and stationing of the Garda Síochána throughout the State. As Minister, I play no role in these independent functions.

There are almost 18,000 Garda members, staff and reserve within the Garda organisation at the end of 2024 and the Government is committed to seeing these numbers grow. 149 Probationer Gardaí attested on Friday, 7 March and have been assigned to operational duties in Garda stations across the State. Another 201 trainee Gardaí entered Templemore on Monday, 10 March, the largest intake since 2019.

Over €2.4 billion has been allocated to the Garda budget in 2025 and this funding will provide for further recruitment of Garda members and staff. This year's Garda recruitment campaign closed at the end of February with over 6,700 applicants seeking to join the service.

In the interest of transparency, figures related to the Garda workforce are published on my Department's website. This information is supplied by An Garda Síochána, is operational and subject to change. These figures are regularly updated by my Department, upon receipt of the information from the Garda authorities.

www.gov.ie/en/publication/bd777-an-garda-siochana-your-police-service-some-facts-and-figures/

Joe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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1180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí stationed in Kilcock, Leixlip, Celbridge, Naas and Maynooth Garda stations in 2008, and as of 11 March 2025, in tabular form. [12101/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), including the recruitment and training of Garda members and staff. Under Section 33 of the Act, the Commissioner is responsible for the distribution and stationing of the Garda Síochána throughout the State. As Minister, I play no role in these independent functions.

There are almost 18,000 Garda members, staff and reserve within the Garda organisation and the Government is committed to seeing these numbers grow. 149 Probationer Gardaí attested on Friday, 7 March and have been assigned to operational duties in Garda stations across the State. Another 201 trainee Gardaí entered Templemore on Monday, 10 March, the largest intake since 2019.

Over €2.4 billion has been allocated to the Garda budget in 2025 and this funding will provide for further recruitment of Garda members and staff. This year's Garda recruitment campaign closed at the end of February with over 6,700 applicants seeking to join the service.

In the interest of transparency, figures related to the Garda workforce are published on my Department's website. This information is supplied by An Garda Síochána, is operational and subject to change. These figures are regularly updated by my Department, upon receipt of the information from the Garda authorities.

www.gov.ie/en/publication/bd777-an-garda-siochana-your-police-service-some-facts-and-figures/.