830. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda stations currently in operation; their public opening hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9984/26]
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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
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1,855 written, 27 oral
135
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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departments asked
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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
831. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda stations either newly opened, reopened or closed in each year from 2015 to-date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9985/26]
832. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to the Garda National Crime and Security Intelligence Service, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9986/26]
833. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to the Criminal Assets Bureau, for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9987/26]
834. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each of the Mounted Support Unit; the Air Support Unit; the Dog Unit and the Water Unit, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9988/26]
835. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9989/26]
836. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9990/26]
837. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau, for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9991/26]
838. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda stations that currently open on a full-time and part-time basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9992/26]
839. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda Stations which are currently assigned zero or one Garda on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9993/26]
840. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda districts that are currently without assigned community Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9994/26]
849. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the composition of the high-level review group which evaluated a proposal from the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland in relation to the use of Garda resources prosecuting court cases; his response to their findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10216/26]
856. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 on 16 December 2025, if he has received the necessary information from Garda authorities in order to have this PQ answered . [10306/26]
857. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the number of Garda vetting applicants processed for those aged 16 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10319/26]
858. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of scramblers seized by the Gardaí in each of the years from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10325/26]
859. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of scramblers that were returned to owners following seizure by Gardaí in each of the years from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10326/26]
866. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda applicants who have passed the interview and medical but are awaiting vetting clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10468/26]
867. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the expected timeline for the next Garda reserve intake in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10469/26]
315. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the rationale for requiring an individual to undergo repeated Garda vetting when changing employment within the same regulated sector, including the school transport sector; whether his Department has examined options to allow Garda vetting to attach to an individual for a defined period irrespective of employer; and if he will make a…
316. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details including the make of all electric vehicles currently in use by An Garda Síochána, and the Garda Division and station from which each vehicle operates, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9009/26]
317. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the number and location of all electric charging points in Garda stations, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9010/26]
318. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to a statement of the Taoiseach in the Dáil on Wednesday, 28 January 2026 regarding the acquittal of four serving Gardaí and one retired Garda superintendent of perverting the course of justice, and the need for a review of the case, the form that review will take; who will conduct the review; and when the terms of reference wil…
319. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the dates and attendees of all meetings between the assistant secretary of policing in his Department and the Garda Commissioner and/or either deputy Commissioners from 1 January 2025 to 29 January 2026, by date, in tabular form. [9032/26]
320. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the dates and attendees of all meetings between either of his two advisors in his Department and the Garda Commissioner and/or the deputy Commissioners from 1 January 2025 to 29 January 2026, by date, in tabular form. [9030/26]
240. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the current legal powers available to An Garda Síochána to seize, detain, and dispose of scrambler bikes, quad bikes, and other off-road vehicles being used illegally in public places; the statutory basis for those powers; and whether he is satisfied that existing legislation provides Gardaí with sufficient authority to intervene proactively before serious inju…