37. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of plans to roll out body-worn cameras for members of An Garda Síochána; and the expected timeline for the full rollout of same. [70509/26]
Topics / An Garda Síochána
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
39. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí assigned to the Lucan area. [70565/26]
41. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures that will be introduced to ensure improved Garda visibility in rural communities across Cork north-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70621/26]
42. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of e-bikes currently in use by members of An Garda Síochána. [70510/26]
51. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of cars that have been reported to the Garda as stolen since January 2026; and the number for 2025. [70615/26]
52. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Garda numbers in County Cork, in particular the Midleton district. [70642/26]
55. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the commitment he will provide to people in urban and rural Ireland that there will be a higher Garda presence for the security of all (details supplied). [70684/26]
60. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of community gardaí assigned to the Lucan area. [70568/26]
63. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being taken to ensure that Garda divisions serving rural communities have sufficient frontline Garda personnel and resources to provide a visible policing presence; and the steps being taken to address vacancies and recruitment pressures. [70452/26]
64. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm in the context of a recent review and report, the future status of Garda Training College Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70607/26]
69. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current position regarding Garda recruitment and retention for County Cork; the measures being taken to ensure adequate policing resources for rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70616/26]
71. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the funding allocated to An Garda Síochána in Budget 2027; and the priorities for the use of the same. [70632/26]
419. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí, by rank attached to a unit (details supplied) as of 25 September 2026. [69806/26]
420. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of complaints or disclosures received by An Garda Síochána to date in 2026 relating to sex-for-rent arrangements following the enactment of the new legislation; the number of cases referred for investigation or prosecution for such incidents; and if he will provide a breakdown by Garda division where available. [69836/…
425. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of each level of public order training courses offered to gardaí within Sligo-Leitrim division in 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the number of gardaí that participated in each of those course in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [69805/26]
429. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 954 on 16 September 2026, if he has received the relevant the information from Garda Authorities to answer this PQ. [69968/26]
456. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of electric vehicles in the fleet of An Garda Síochána. [70448/26]
457. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of fast chargers installed in Garda stations. [70446/26]
459. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) held a regional roads policing competition in 2025-2026 to provide roads policing cover to all Garda divisions within the DMR; and the number of Garda members that applied and were successful and the number waiting for placement. [70461/26]
460. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of divisional roads policing competitions that were held in 2025-2026 for sworn Gardaí to apply to join divisional roads policing units nationwide; the number of Gardaí that applied for each competition; the number who were successful; and the number of sucessful applicants awaiting placement to a roads policing unit. [70460…
55. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a schedule, including the amount derived, of the licences issued to mobile network operators to install telecommunications equipment on telecoms masts, by Garda station and-or Garda premises; and to provide a breakdown by mobile telephone company and amount in each of the years 2024…
125. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has been provided with any knowledge by An Garda Siochana or his Department that information concerning protected disclosures were withheld from Tánaiste Simon Harris in 2023, when he was required to caretake the role of Minister for Justice during the second maternity leave of then Minister for Justice Ms. Helen McEntee. [69140/2…
126. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration were any protected disclosures directed for the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration regarding An Garda Siochana withheld from him or his predecessor. [69141/26]
341. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he will preserve the option for existing Garda members to retire at age 62 without an additional pension penalty arising from a future increase in retirement age, while allowing those who wish to continue beyond 62 to do so voluntarily, subject to appropriate fitness requirements. …
342. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the up-to-date position regarding the new Garda dog training centre; and the timeline of this project progressing to the next stage. [68646/26]