Garda Representative Associations

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 May 2012

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Questions (31)

Derek Keating

Question:

81 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the grants of moneys, in tabular form, that have been made to the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors; the support other than funding that has been made by the State to these two organisations by way of secondment of staff and benefit in kind; the salaries that are paid to the individual officials and the person who determines these salaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22608/12]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter)

I have been informed by the Garda Authorities that the total amount provided from the Garda Vote in 2011 to the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors was as set out in the table which I am circulating with this answer.

As the Deputy will see, the total funding provided in 2011 to the GRA was just under €228,000, and to the AGSI was just over €179,000, making a grand total of around €407,000. The funding covered the salaries of members seconded to work for the Associations, as well as subventions for the accommodation and communication costs of the Associations. The salary component of this funding, at around €103,000 for the GRA and around €117,000 for the AGSI, is in respect of 2 members at Garda rank seconded to the GRA and 2 members at Sergeant rank seconded to the AGSI, and is calculated by reference to each member's position on the relevant pay scale:

Organisation	Postage and Telephone Subvention	Accommodation Subvention	Grants	Salaries	Total
G.R.A.	€31,484.42	€92,958.16	0	€103,527	€227,969.58
A.G.S.I.	€15,099.72	€46,613.18	0	€117,305	€179,017.90