Marie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour)
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1200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in community policing in the Dublin Metropolitan North Central area from 2018 – 2025, per station, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12325/25]

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. This includes 98 Probationers assigned to the Dublin Metropolitan Region.

Another 201 trainee Gardaí entered Templemore on Monday, 10 March, the largest intake since the lifting of public health restrictions.

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/.

To be of assistance to the Deputy, the allocation of Probationer Gardaí by station is available at:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/7c2e6-probationer-gardai/.

Community Gardaí by Division is available at:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/f69f7-community-policing/.

Peter Cleere (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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1201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of newly trained Gardaí allocated to stations in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12345/25]

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. This includes 8 Probationers assigned to Waterford/Kilkenny/Carlow Division.

Another 201 trainee Gardaí entered Templemore on Monday, 10 March, the largest intake since the lifting of public health restrictions.

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/.

To be of assistance to the Deputy, the allocation of Probationer Gardaí by station is available at:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/7c2e6-probationer-gardai/.