1599. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who had previously resigned and rejoined the Gardaí in each of the last 10 years and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45646/25]
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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
1600. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of garda trainees in the past five years who were from disadvantaged, very disadvantaged or extremely disadvantaged backgrounds as measured by the Pobal deprivation index, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45647/25]
1601. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the garda personnel on leave from duty; the total number of members absent and a categorisation of their leave type; the details, the number and percentage of garda members on leave; and to provide a breakdown of the length of leave by categorisation. [45656/25]
1614. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the maximum number of trainees per intake at the Garda Training College in Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45739/25]
1618. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of emergency phone calls received by An Garda Síochána relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited, to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency …
1619. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of arrests made by An Garda Síochána relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order, and …
1627. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the traditionally underrepresented communities that are eligible for the Garda Síochána Diversity Internship Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45890/25]
1628. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an annual breakdown of the numbers of those who completed the Garda Síochána Diversity Internship Programme since its introduction; and a breakdown of the traditionally underrepresented communities that they came from, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45891/25]
1629. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an annual breakdown of the numbers of those who completed the Garda Síochána Diversity Internship Programme who later went on to attest as members of An Garda Síochána since its introduction; and the numbers who completed the Garda Síochána Diversity Internship Programme who later went on to take up clerical roles with an Garda Sí…
1630. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the budget allocated to the Garda Síochána Diversity Internship Programme in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45920/25]
1635. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the number of Gardaí allocated to County Cork in the recent graduation from Templemore; to outline which stations they will be allocated to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45995/25]
1644. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of minibuses available per Garda station for community policing in the Dublin metropolitan region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46136/25]
1648. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardai in roads policing units to date in 2025, by Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46270/25]
1662. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 734 of 15 July 2025, if the information for each intake to the Garda college since 2022 regarding the number of trainer Gardaí who were between the ages of 18 and 25, the number who were between the ages of 25 and 30, the number that were between the age of 30 and 35 and the number who were betwee…
1663. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 748 of 15 July 2025, if the information regarding the number of incidents where a member of an Garda Síochána arranged the importation of firearm parts in an official capacity, in each of the past five years; the number of cases where it was subsequently determined to be for private use, is now av…
1664. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 3 July 2025, if the information regarding the number of Gardaí at each level in An Garda Síochána from trainee to Garda Commissioner who, prior to joining An Garda Síochána, had served in police services of other states, specifying which police force for the past five years, in tabular for,…
1665. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 3 July 2025, if the information regarding the number of Gardaí who retired in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, upon reaching 30 years of service, in tabular form, is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46413/25]
1668. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who attested during 2024 and 2025, by relevant month, district and station. [46500/25]
1679. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 986 of 10 June 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer this PQ. [46704/25]
1704. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new fully qualified and attested Gardaí that have been assigned to Garda stations, by county, in each of the years from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [47328/25]
1705. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí that have retired, by year and by rank, in each county, from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [47332/25]
1710. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to community policing units in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47464/25]
1908. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí in each Waterford Garda station on the last day of January, February, March, April, May and June 2025, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40705/25]
1909. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí for each year from 2014 to date, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40706/25]
1910. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who left the force in each year from 2014 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40707/25]