Higher number of Catholics and fewer people of ‘no’ or ‘other’ religions than among general population
Describing the analysis as “valuable”, Mr Harris said it would help the Garda “in our goal to be a more diverse organisation”, adding the force was “committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce” in order to “reflect the society we serve”. He believed the research showed the Garda had made “good progress in gender diversity” and, to some extent, in “disability diversity”.
“During our recent recruitment campaign, for instance, we put a lot of time and effort into encouraging people from minority communities to consider a career in policing,” Mr Harris said. “An Garda Síochána wants people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to join us as it will strengthen the service we provide to the public.”
The Garda provided anonymised personnel data to the CSO in a process that was expected to be extended to other parts of the public service. The Garda organisation data also reveals its has more members than the wider population who described themselves as Catholic and fewer Church of Ireland members or those describing themselves as of “no religion”.
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