76. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has received a request and or a business case from the Minister for Justice and or An Garda Síochána leadership team in respect of Garda trainees commencing training on the first point of the Garda payscale. [6669/25]
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
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
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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The questions
150. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been redeployed or retired from the Clare-Tipperary Garda division during 2023 and 2024 with a breakdown for counties Clare and Tipperary; and the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have been assigned to the Clare-Tipperary Garda Division for duty during the same periods with a breakdown for counties Cla…
151. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if he will detail all awards for the payment of money to the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB); and the eventual amount recovered by the CAB in relation to each award in the past ten years, in tabular form. [6572/25]
152. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of bench warrants outstanding, per Garda region, per county, as of 14 February 2025, in tabular form. [6574/25]
153. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of the current membership of An Garda Síochána who will be eligible to retire by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6637/25]
514. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the Meath serious crime hub. [5475/25]
523. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if the nationality of all persons charged, summonsed and who receive an adult caution, is recorded on the Garda Pulse system. [5556/25]
531. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice whether noise level limits for car exhausts are being enforced by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5665/25]
532. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the process by which compensation can be claimed for damage to property sustained during a Garda operation on a private dwelling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5666/25]
536. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the total strength of An Garda Síochána, by region and division for each of the years 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5712/25]
537. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the number of emergency calls made to An Garda Síochána reporting domestic abuse in each of the years 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5713/25]
542. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardai by rank attached to Kildare divisional drugs unit as of 10 February 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5816/25]
545. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of interview rooms in each Garda station within the Dublin Metropolitan Region that currently have audio and video recording facilities, in tabular form. [5963/25]
546. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the status the work of Garda juvenile liaison officers (JLOs); the number of Garda JLOs, by rank in each Garda division; the amount of funding it has received in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and the number of arrests and prosecutions arising in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [5966/25]
553. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 6 February 2025, to provide additional clarity as to when precisely his Department was alerted to the potential dangers arising in respect of defective leather pistol holsters previously on issue to members of An Garda Síochána; and if his Department was made aware more than two years earlier than the November 2022 date…
554. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he can state with complete and absolute certainty that all leather pistol holsters (details supplied) have been surrendered by those previously issued with them in An Garda Síochána and that no such defective holsters are retained by individual Garda members currently. [6043/25]
555. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he or his Department were aware of the servicing and repair of privately owned firearms being undertaken by Garda armourer personnel attached to the Garda firearms stores section in 2018, where such firearms were belonging to a hunt and pony club based in the Kildare area and where the cost of such servicing and repair was defrayed by public funds. [6044/25]
556. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if his Department approved the purchase and importation of firearm component parts into the State as contained in Importation licence J 11 2018. [6045/25]
557. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he was informed by the Garda Commissioner, in line with the commissioners statutory obligations under section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 that the firearm component parts contained in Importation licence J 11 2018 related to the service and repair of privately owned firearms belonging to a hunt and pony club rather than official Garda firearms. [6046/25]
576. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the ages of the boats currently being used by Garda water unit; and the average lifespan of those boats in use, in tabular form. [6267/25]
577. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the transport budget allocation to An Garda Síochána in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6269/25]
578. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full-year costs if the number of horses within Garda mounted unit increased to 31. [6270/25]
579. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of inspections carried out by Gardaí within the Tipperary division on pubs, clubs, and so on, to ensure full compliance with intoxicating liquor laws in 2024; and the number of those premises found to be in breach of intoxicating liquor laws in 2024, in tabular form. [6271/25]
580. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the Garda divisions that currently have a Garda community relations van, in tabular form. [6272/25]
581. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount An Garda Síochána spent on hiring external quantity surveyors to carry out work on its behalf in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6273/25]