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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 28 Nov 1946

Vol. 103 No. 12

Written Answers. - Gárda Síochána (Number and Cost of Officers and Other Ranks).

asked the Minister for Justice if he will state the number of officers and other ranks, serving in the Gárda Síochána on each of the following dates:—1st April, 1924; 1st April, 1929; 1st April, 1934; 1st April, 1939; and 1st April, 1946.

Mr. Boland

Hereunder are the particulars asked for:—

Officers

Other Ranks

1st April, 1924

87

6,124

,, 1929

164

6,987

,, 1934

162

7,127

,, 1939

164

6,958

,, 1946

167

7,193

asked the Minister for Justice if he will state the total cost of pay and allowances, to officers and other ranks of the Gárda Síochána, for each of the following years:— 1924-25; 1929-30; 1934-35; and 1938-39; and also the estimated cost for the year 1946-47.

Mr. Boland

Hereunder are the particulars asked for:—

Financial Year.

Expenditure.

£

1924/25

1,247,930

1929/30

1,465,317

1934/35

1,643,100

1938/39

1,729,544

1946/47

2,308,861 (estimated)

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