2302. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 535 on 7 July 2026, if he has received the relevant information from Garda authorities. [61381/26]

I understand that Parliamentary Question No 535 of 7 July 2026 refers to "the number of standard motorcycle courses held for Gardaí within Mayo-Roscommon and Longford division in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the number of Gardaí that applied for each of those courses; and the number of places that were available in each of those courses, in tabular form."

The information could not be obtained in the time available, and I undertook to contact you again when the requested information was received from the Garda authorities.

The Garda Commissioner is responsible under section 33 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including the training and professional development of Gardaí and the organisation and delivery of Garda training programmes.

I am informed by the Garda Authorities that there were four courses in 2025 available for application from Divisions in the Northwestern Region, with six places available on each Standard Motorcycle Course. There were no applications for places from the Mayo/Roscommon/Longford Division in 2025 for the course. Standard Motorcycle training for 2026 has not been scheduled to date.