111. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda asset profilers attached to each Garda division as of 22 April 2025. [21332/25]
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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
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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
118. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if funding is available in 2025 to purchase replacement Garda prisoner transport vehicles. [21443/25]
119. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 20 March 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda Commissioner to answer this parliamentary question. [21444/25]
120. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice for a complete breakdown of the number of young persons referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme by Garda district within Dublin region for the past three years, in tabular form. [21445/25]
122. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he will allocate the necessary funding for anti-stab vests to be issued to each frontline prison officers. [21447/25]
138. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 27 March 2025, with regard to the four vacancies in the driving training school in Garda College Templemore, the length of time each of these posts has been vacant; when these posts will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/25]
139. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí in County Monaghan, by quarter, for the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21588/25]
1500. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on the working group on new Garda staff terms and conditions, and his engagements with stakeholders regarding any potential changes in the terms and conditions of workers within An Garda Síochána arising from the commencement of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18548/25]
1502. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice with regard to the traffic policing unit/traffic corp posts in Templemore Garda College, the number of filled posts; the number of vacant posts; if there are any vacant posts; if so, when these will be filled and how they will be filled; if there are plans to increase the number of posts; if so, when they will be increased; [18591/25]
1503. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice with regard to the defence unit posts in Templemore Garda College, the number of filled posts; the number of vacant posts; if there are any vacant posts; if so, when these will be filled and how they will be filled; if there are plans to increase the number of posts; if so, when they will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18592/25]
1504. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice with regard to the firearms training unit posts in Templemore Garda College, the number of filled posts; the number of vacant posts; if there are any vacant posts; if so, when these will be filled and how they will be filled; if there are plans to increase the number of posts; if so, when they will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1…
1505. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice the total number of vacant teaching and specialist unit posts in Templemore Garda College; to provide a breakdown of the number of vacancies by area/unit, the month and year each aforementioned vacancy arose, whether there is an active panel by which each and any such vacancy could be filled, the establishment and expiry date for said panels; and if he will mak…
1508. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has engaged with representatives of an Garda Síochána since January 2024 on the issues with the fast accrual (uniformed) single public service pension scheme for uniformed services recruited after 2013; if he will provide the dates of those engagements; if his Department have taken any action as a result of these engagements; and if he will m…
1515. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown of the total number of Gardaí serving, by rank in each county based on location as of 7 April 205, in tabular form. [18660/25]
1528. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the Garda divisions currently without a crime prevention officer (CPO); the length of time each of those divisions have been without a CPO, in tabular form. [18845/25]
1530. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice to provide the number of fixed charge notices issued by Gardaí for the offence of ‘learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver’, by county, in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18896/25]
1533. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles that were confiscated by Gardaí at the roadside for non-display of road tax in 2024; and the normal protocol for dealing with a driver with an out-of-date or non-display of a motor tax disc. [18958/25]
1536. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda crime prevention officers based in each division within the Dublin region in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18964/25]
1537. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans attached to the Garda dog unit as of 5 February 2025. [18965/25]
1538. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held in 2024 for Garda personnel to apply to join Garda divisional road policing units. [18966/25]
1545. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been suspended for the years 2015 to 2025; the number of those suspended who are on suspension on full pay; and the shortest suspension period and longest suspension period in each of the years. [19069/25]
1547. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of times persons under the age of 18 years have been subject to strip searches while in Garda custody in each of the past five years; the number of occasions where those searches were not carried out in the presence of an appropriate adult; and the number of occasions those strip searches were not carried out with the assistance of a doctor. [19146…
1558. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice the measures An Garda Síochána is taking in relation to responding quickly to incidents including aggravated burglary and car theft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19296/25]
1565. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans for a Garda recruitment campaign in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19381/25]
1597. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice the current number of Gardaí assigned to the north central and north Garda divisions, and outline how these figures compare to 2023 and 2024 levels. [20106/25]