1911. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who joined the force in each year from 2014 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40708/25]
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
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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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
1915. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration he number and location of Garda stations closed in County Clare since 1990; and to provide the total number of Garda stations in operation in County Clare in 1990 and 2025 respectively [40726/25]
1916. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and location of closed Garda stations in County Clare that are currently being rented or in ownership of his Department. [40727/25]
1940. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who have been assaulted while on active duty in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41136/25]
1954. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will publish the interim report of the Garda Recruitment and Training Capacity Group; the date on which the full report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41223/25]
1992. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles available to An Garda Síochána, by type and age of each vehicle, which division it is attached to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41707/25]
1993. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles in use by An Garda Síochána that are fully electric; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41709/25]
1994. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of active members of An Garda Síochána, by district, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41712/25]
1995. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the net change in the number of members of Garda Síochána since 2023, when retirements, resignations and new recruitments are taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41713/25]
2001. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of each category of firearm training courses that took place in garda headquarters for armed Garda personnel in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the duration of each course, in tabular form. [41881/25]
2002. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí allocated to each station in the DMR over the past five years; the number in the community Garda service in each station over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41912/25]
2005. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the implementation of initiatives to promote the recruitment and retention of women in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41953/25]
2012. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the number of recruits in Templemore undergoing training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42104/25]
2013. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who are assigned to each Garda station in Wicklow in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42105/25]
2014. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in Wicklow who have left the force from 2020 to 2025, by retirement, resignation, death, illness, forced resignation and voluntary resignation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42114/25]
2050. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current Garda levels for Cork county, by rank; how these levels compare to levels in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42352/25]
2051. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí trained and currently deployed in specialist units for domestic violence, cyber-crime and public order for Cork County, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42353/25]
2061. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of WTE civilian staff by grade working in the Garda National Vetting Bureau, as of 21 July 2025. [42423/25]
2062. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the age profile currently of the Garda fleet within the Wexford-Wicklow Division. [42424/25]
2069. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the ages currently of the boats within the Garda water unit; the average lifespan of each category of boat in use within the Garda water unit; and if funding is available for the replacement of the oldest boats in use. [42806/25]
2070. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of fines that the Garda National Immigration Bureau issued to airlines and or ferry companies who permitted a non-national to travel here without the necessary entry or transit visa in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [42807/25]
2071. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of mountain bikes training courses held for gardaí within Clare-Tipperary Division in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, and the number of Gardai that attended each course, in tabular form. [42808/25]
2072. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the Garda dog unit as of 22 July 2025. [42809/25]
2074. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in roads policing units in June 2025, by division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42836/25]
2079. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí by rank in each station in the DMR south division for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42964/25]