13. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda members who have retired or resigned from An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years; whether his Department has carried out any analysis of the reasons for those departures; the number of members currently eligible to retire within the next three years; and the measures being taken to improve retention within …
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsAn Garda Síochána
1,882 questions from 135 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,882
questions
1,855 written, 27 oral
135
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
9
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 67 |
| February 2025 | 114 |
| March 2025 | 142 |
| April 2025 | 86 |
| May 2025 | 92 |
| June 2025 | 81 |
| July 2025 | 128 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 134 |
| October 2025 | 87 |
| November 2025 | 88 |
| December 2025 | 108 |
| January 2026 | 78 |
| February 2026 | 125 |
| March 2026 | 112 |
| April 2026 | 96 |
| May 2026 | 92 |
| June 2026 | 75 |
| July 2026 | 64 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 43 |
| October 2026 | 70 |
Who asks, by party
The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
14. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the recommendations of the Garda vetting review group; if the recommendations will be outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19943/26]
16. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current national detection and conviction rates for burglary and fraud. [20948/26]
17. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he intends to introduce legislation which will ensure that responsibility for the prosecution of offences will be removed from the Gardaí so that all court proceedings will be conducted by legal professionals, as recommended in the report on the operation of bail in Ireland prepared by a person (details supplied); and if he will make…
19. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to strengthen and expand the Garda youth diversion programme in the coming years in the north Dublin area; if additional resources will be allocated to youth diversion projects to support early intervention and prevention efforts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20886/26]
23. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding his efforts to increase Garda numbers in Dublin West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19470/26]
27. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the progress of Operation Moonridge, including the criteria for identifying non-Irish national sex offenders for deportation and any legal safeguards in place. [20721/26]
31. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the community Garda numbers in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19549/26]
35. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the spend to date on the counter drone technology for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20109/26]
40. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of civilian staff employed by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2023 to 2025; and to provide an update on recruitment for 2026 given civilian staff can play a significant role in keeping Garda stations open and accessible. [20578/26]
44. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Gardaí recruited to work in County Mayo over the past ten years; and the number of Gardaí that have left their jobs in County Mayo during the same period. [20107/26]
47. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the youth diversion service provision for the Saggart, Newcastle and Rathcoole areas; and whether there are plans to establish a youth diversion project to meet the needs of these communities. [20782/26]
48. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of push bicycles that are currently being used by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20876/26]
50. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that primary responsibility for drone-related national security lies with An Garda Síochána and his Department, if he is fully confident that an Garda Síochána is fully and properly resourced to provide air defence for the entirety of Ireland’s presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2…
52. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the number of arrests, charges and convictions under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act in each of the past five years, by drug type. [20845/26]
55. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a proposed date has been set for the next Garda Reserve recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11574/26]
56. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in County Meath; if he is aware that County Meath has, for years, had the lowest number of gardaí per population in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19697/26]
64. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda patrols carried out in the Lucan/Clondalkin District between January 2025 and February 2026; and to provide a month-by-month breakdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20781/26]
65. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda personnel that are trained in the Cork County Division to deal with reported domestic abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20905/26]
67. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, by year and by rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20916/26]
70. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the importance of community policing in growing towns such as Blackrock in County Louth. [20720/26]
71. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of community Gardaí currently stationed in each Cork station. [20917/26]
74. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Commissioner and his leadership teams in the Gardaí have provided him with the policy on the use of tasers; if he can detail any relevant data relating to their use, such as, the number of times they have been drawn; the number of times they have been used, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2…
75. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the Programme for Government commitment "provide funding to recruit at least 5,000 new Garda recruits and additional Garda Staff over the next five years"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19471/26]
360. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the ages of the vehicle fleet currently attached to Garda Water Unit. [21051/26]