Fiscal claim
Fund 6,000 new Garda recruits
Headline figure
Per-year impact
€540m
Recurring annual spend
Total over horizon
€540m
2025 onwards
Confidence
Stated in source
6,000 recruits × €90k all-in cost ≈ €540m/yr at steady-state. Phased in over the term.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Owner
- Fine Gael
- Policy area
- Justice And Policing
- Underwrites commitment
- Fund 6,000 new Garda recruits
- Unit target
- 6,000 Garda recruits
- First stated
- 2024-11-17
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-23
Verification
Cross-checked against the source document. Quote captured verbatim where the figure is directly stated; gaps and mismatches are noted honestly.
Verified against Fine Gael GE2024 Manifesto, p.32: "We will fund 6,000 new Garda recruits over the next five years."
Evidence & sources
Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.
Source
- Fine Gael GE2024 ManifestoFine Gael·Retrieved 2026-05-23high
- Fine Gael GE2024 Manifesto, p.32 - verbatim figureFine Gael·Retrieved 2026-05-23high
See this claim in coalition context on the fiscal model.