S.I. No. 611/2023 - Garda SÍochána (Admissions and Appointments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Garda Síochána (Admissions and Appointments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

2. The Garda Síochána (Admissions and Appointments) Regulations 2013 (

S.I. No. 470 of 2013

) are amended in paragraph (a) of Regulation 4 by the substitution of “50” for “35”.

The Government hereby approve of the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Taoiseach,

5 December, 2023.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 December, 2023.

HELEN MCENTEE,

Minister for Justice.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

8

th December,

2023.

I, HELEN MCENTEE, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by paragraph (d) of

section 122

(1) (as amended by

section 56

(a) of the

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

(No. 49 of 2015)) of the

Garda Síochána Act 2005

(No. 20 of 2005) (as adapted by the Justice and Equality (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 452 of 2020

)) and

section 59

(2) of the

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

(as so adapted), after consulting with the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána and the Policing Authority and with the approval of the Government, hereby make the following regulations