Garda Síochána Act 2005
Distribution of Garda Síochána.
33.— (1) Subject to section 22, the Garda Commissioner shall determine the manner in which the Garda Síochána are to be distributed and stationed throughout the State.
(2) The Garda Commissioner shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that members of the Garda Síochána stationed in a district that includes a Gaeltacht area are sufficiently competent in the Irish language to enable them to use it with facility in carrying out their duties.
(3) In this section “Gaeltacht area” means an area for the time being determined to be a Gaeltacht area by order made under section 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1956 F52[and continued to be such an area by section 7(1) of the Gaeltacht Act 2012].
Annotations
Amendments:
F52
Inserted (23.12.2015) by Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 (49/2015), s. 27, S.I. No. 612 of 2015.
F53
Substituted by Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7/2022), s. 4(1) and sch. 1 ref. no. 23, not commenced as of date of revision, subject to transitional provisions in ss. 13, 26.
Modifications (not altering text):
C8
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (2) amended by Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7/2022), s. 4(1) and sch. 1 ref. no. 23, not commenced as of date of revision, subject to transitional provisions in ss. 13, 26.
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(2) The Garda Commissioner shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that members of the Garda Síochána stationed in F53[an area] that includes a Gaeltacht area are sufficiently competent in the Irish language to enable them to use it with facility in carrying out their duties.
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