Darren O'Rourke
Question:439. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full-year cost of increasing the training allowance of Garda recruits to €205 per week. [21285/23]
View answerTuesday, 9 May 2023
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As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the general management and administration of the Garda organisation, including all human resource matters and recruitment. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters.
To be of assistance I sought the information requested by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána. I have been informed that an increase in the training allowance of Garda recruits to €205 over the 33 week training period would result in an increase of €754.05 per recruit. Further detail is provided in the below tables.
The current weekly cost of one Garda recruit is
|
Current Basic Pay |
€184.00 |
|
Employers PRSI |
€16.45 |
|
Total Cost per week |
€200.45 |
|
Total cost for 33 weeks |
€6,614.85 |
If weekly allowance for one Garda recruit was increased to €205
|
Revised Basic Pay |
€205.00 |
|
Employers PRSI |
€18.30 |
|
Total Cost per week |
€223.30 |
|
Total cost for 33 weeks |
€7,368.90 |