912. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the recommendations of An Garda Síochána recruitment training capacity group that reported to him in September 2025, the members of the working group that was established to specifically consider the case for a second training college and the role that the tertiary system could play in the delivery of Garda training; and the …
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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
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departments asked
Questions per month
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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 |
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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.
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The questions
913. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 26 March 2025, the breakdown, by year and month of each section 41 referral from the Garda Commissioner, in tabular form. [12418/26]
952. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda Reserve applicants who have passed the interview and medical but are awaiting vetting clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12852/26]
34. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the new Garda station in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; whether agreement has been reached with An Garda Síochána on the space allocation required to allow the submission of the Part IX planning application to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10465/26]
40. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his policy approach to the management of the State’s Garda station property portfolio; and the engagement he has had with relevant Government Departments and State agencies with regard to same. [10982/26]
91. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the development of the new Garda HQ in Macroom, County Cork; the current status of the project; if contracts have been signed; the value of the contract; the expected timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9967/26]
456. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by county, to date in 2026, in tabular form. [11161/26]
461. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of people that applied to join An Garda Síochána in 2025; the number that commenced training in 2025; the number attested in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11241/26]
462. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of community Gardaí, per division at present and the correspondence figure for year end in each of the years 2020-2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11242/26]
480. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and location of Garda stations across the State that are designated as training stations for trainee members of An Garda Síochána; the number of trainees currently assigned to each such station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11544/26]
561. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the delay processing a Garda vetting application for a person (details supplied) which impacts a HSE occupational therapy position offer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11290/26]
102. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if approval has been given for the expenditure of funds for the new Garda station at Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10649/26]
113. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the OPW have acquired a site for the provision of a new HQ for Garda North division; if not, when he expects the OPW to acquire a site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10949/26]
234. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of protests which took place outside Leinster House which required additional Garda resources and physical barriers to be erected in each of the past five years; and the costs associated with policing the protests and erecting the barriers on each of those occasions, in tabular form. [10684/26]
235. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who were assaulted while on active duty in each of the past ten years. [10685/26]
244. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of road traffic Gardaí who have been on duty in each year in the past seven years. [10781/26]
245. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of road traffic Gardaí who have been on duty for each of the past 18-months. [10782/26]
252. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 16 December 2025, if he has received the necessary information in order to have this PQ answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10950/26]
321. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to confirm that the nightly file from his Department to An Garda Síochána includes the disqualification status of every driving licence and includes the driver number; if the information is provided with a real-time view of the driving licence status, to be used by frontline Gardaí on mobility devices at the roadside; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
820. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána currently suspended from duty; the number that have been suspended in each of the years from 2015 to date in 2026; the full number on suspension in each of those years; the number of those suspended that are on suspension on full pay; the shortest suspension period and longest suspension period…
822. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a breakdown for 2024 and 2025 of the allocation of new attested Gardaí to division and station in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9976/26]
824. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of resignations and retirements respectively from An Garda Síochána in each of the years from 2015 to-date in 2026; the number projected to retire in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9978/26]
826. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a list of the specialist units in An Garda Síochána; the number of Gardaí allocated to each of those units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9980/26]
828. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of dedicated community Gardaí in each of the years from 2015 to-date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9982/26]
829. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of dedicated community Gardaí from 2020 to-date in 2026 allocated to community policing teams; to provide a breakdown by division of the number in each CPT; the number of community support Gardaí in each division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9983/26]