Programme for Government — Garda recruitment expansion

Headline figure

PfG: substantial expansion of An Garda Síochána (matching FG's 6,000 target). Modelled as €540m/yr at steady state.

Attribution & links

Origin

Programme For Government

Owner

Programme for Government

Policy area

Justice And Policing

Underwrites commitment

Standalone fiscal claim

Unit target

6,000 Garda recruits

First stated

2025-01-23

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.

Searched Programme for Government 2025 - Securing Ireland's Future, p.116: "Provide funding to recruit at least 5,000 Garda recruits over the lifetime of this Government.". Programme for Government states a target of at least 5,000 new Garda recruits over the term of government; the claim records 6,000. The dataset's unit count exceeds the PfG figure.

Evidence & sources

Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.