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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 26 Feb 1958

Vol. 165 No. 5

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Garda Síochána: Pay and Allowances.

asked the Minister for Justice if he will state the monthly pay of (a) Gardaí, (b) station sergeants, (c) superintendents, and (d) chief superintendents, giving separate figures for allowances, as distinct from salary, paid in each case.

The information requested by the Deputy is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to have circulated with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:—

Minimum

Maximum

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

PAY:

Garda

6

0

2

9

11

8 weekly*

Station Sergeant

11

7

3

11

18

5 weekly*

Superintendent

64

16

8

92

13

4 monthly

Chief Superintendent

97

6

8

119

5

0 monthly

* Gardaí in the Dublin Metropolitan Division and in Cork City and some Gardaí attached to Headquarters companies are paid weekly. Other Gardaí are paid monthly, when they receive four weeks' pay or five weeks' pay, as the case may be.

ALLOWANCES:

Allowance for upkeep of officer's uniform

£26 per annum

Rent Allowance:

Garda

£17 to £61 17s. 6d. per annum

Station Sergeant

£36 to £61 17s. 6d. per annum

Superintendent

£66 to £102 17s. per annum

Chief Superintendent

£88 to £102 17s. per annum

Boot allowance (N.C.O.s and men only)

£5 4s. per annum

Cycling allowance (men only)

£4 11s. per annum

Detective allowance

14s. per week

Plain clothes allowance:

Officers and Inspectors

13s. per week

Sergeants and Gardaí

10s. 6d. per week

Allowance to men engaged in Wireless Section

£1 15s. 6d. per month

Allowance to men engaged as motor drivers or mechanics or as public service vehicle inspectors

£1 15s. 6d. per month

Allowance to Sergeants and Gardaí for clerical work

£17 17s. per annum

Allowance to members stationed in special Gaeltacht areas

7½ per cent. of pay

Separation allowance:

The amount payable is subject to various conditions including a condition that the maximum sum payable does not exceed the equivalent of two nights' subsistence for each week of the first eighteen months of separation and one night's subsistence for each subsequent week.

Subsistence allowance:

The various amounts payable to members employed on duty away from their stations are set out in Article 3 of the Garda Síochána Allowances Order, 1958 (S.I. No.52 of 1958).

asked the Minister for Justice if, in view of the fact that members of the Garda Síochána are among the lowest paid of police forces, and that so many young men are resigning from the force to seek employment abroad, he will investigate the matter with a view to offering more attractive conditions of service such as appear to apply in Britain, Kenya, Rhodesia, and Canada.

As the Deputy knows, a country with our limited resources cannot afford to provide public servants with as attractive conditions in the matter of pay and allowances as countries with greater resources, much as we might like to do so.

Can the Minister hold out any hope that the important post of Garda Síochána will be made more attractive, in view of the evidence that he has before him and the evidence that is available in his Department or, certainly, the evidence that the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána can give him, that a large number of young men are leaving the force and going to Rhodesia, Kenya, Britain and Canada? The Minister must know that these men are going as well-trained policemen.

For the reason which I have just given, I am afraid I cannot hold out any immediate hope.

Perhaps the Minister would keep it in mind?

I certainly shall.

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