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Garda HR Directorate

Athlumney HouseThe Directorate is responsible for most of the administrative and transactional HR functions for all Garda members and Garda staff. Among the HR functions administered in Athlumney House are pay & pensions; sick leave and other leave schemes; records, data protection and file management; and administration and statistics. In addition, the HR Directorate plays a leading role in other civilian HR matters such as resource management, discipline and industrial relations. 

The Garda Commissioner is the appropriate authority for Garda staff. Apart from the administrative support duties in Garda Stations and offices, Garda staff are involved in the provision of essential roles in a wide range of managerial, professional, technical and industrial functions. Civilianisation has also enabled the establishment or expansion of some vital services which are wholly or largely provided by Garda staff – including the Garda National Immigration Bureau, the Garda Information Services Centre, the Garda Central Vetting Unit, the Fixed Charge Processing Office and the Communications Centre.

Garda and Garda Staff Numbers

The Garda strength as at 28 February 2023 stood at 14,099 (13,852 WTE) and the Garda staff strength as at 28 February 2023 stood at 3,348 (3,143.64 WTE). A full breakdown by rank and grade is outlined under the tables 'Garda Numbers' and 'Garda Staff Numbers'. 

• Work continues on resourcing additional and new Garda staff posts based upon prior sanctions for recruitment received from the Policing Authority.

• The Workforce Plan is continuing to be refined and revised in consultation with the Policing Authority and Departments of Justice and Equality and Public Expenditure & Reform who are anxious to ensure the visibility of the Garda Reassignment Initiative and progress on the workforce modernisation agenda.

Please note the footnotes on each table which identify that the information provided is reflective of that information available to the Garda HR Directorate at a point in time and may vary due to operational requirements. Consequently, please be aware that figures provided are current as of the table's date and ARE PROVISIONAL FIGURES AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Garda numbers as on the 28 February 20232
RANK END OF LAST MONTH ATTESTED CAREER BREAK - END CAREER BREAK - START RETIREMENTS ETC.  NET CHANGE (includes all movement including promotions etc.) TOTAL AT END OF MONTH
Commissioner 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Deputy Commissioner 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Assistant Commissioner 8 0 0 0 1 0 8
Chief Superintendent 46 0 0 0 1 0 46
Superintendent 168 0 0 0 2 -1 167
Inspector 461 0 0 0 0 -3 458
Sergeant 2,067 0 0 0 3 -3 2,064
Garda 11,372 24 0 0 19 -19 11,353
Total 14,125 24 0 0 26 -26 14,099
Of which
Career Breaks (incl ICB*) 57
Work-Sharing** 40
Secondments (Overseas etc) 57
Maternity Leave 52
Unpaid Maternity Leave 29
Paternity Leave 12
Available Strength on 28/2/23 13,852

* ICB - Incentivised Career Break

**Equates to 80 full time members

Garda Staff as at 28 February 2023
Total WTE
Professional/Technical 56 55.2
Administrative 2,951 2,868.6
Industrial/Non-Industrial 341 219.8
TOTAL (whole-time equivalent)

3,348

 3,143.64

# Figures provided are current as of the above dates and ARE PROVISIONAL FIGURES AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Garda Numbers by Division as on 28 February 2023
Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) Divisions
                        Comm D/Com A/Com C/Supt Supt Insp Sergt Gda Total
DMR Office 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 10
EAST 0 0 0 1 3 11 44 301 360
NORTH 0 0 0 1 5 24 93 643 766
NORTH CENTRAL 0 0 0 1 5 21 92 515 634
SOUTH  0 0 0 1 4 21 66 455 547
SOUTH CENTRAL 0 0 0 1 6 21 84 560 672
DMR ROADS POLICING 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 75 87
WESTERN 0 0 0 1 5 22 89 598 715
TOTAL 0 0 1 8 31 123 479 3,149 3,791
Of which Detective total 0 0 0 0 11 26 74 332 443
Of which Uniform total 0 0 1 8 20 97 405 2,817 3,348
Divisions other than DMR as on 28 February 2023
Comm D/Comm A/Comm C/Supt Supt Insp Sergt Gda Total
CAVAN/
MONAGHAN		 0 0 0 2 5 10 55 308 380
CLARE 0 0 0 1 1 9 58 235 304
CORK CITY 0 0 1 1 6 19 103 575 705
CORK NORTH 0 0 0 0 2 9 45 273 329
CORK WEST 0 0 0 1 3 8 46 226 284
DONEGAL 0 0 0 0 4 7 54 377 442
GALWAY 0 0 1 1 6 23 92 496 619
KERRY 0 0 0 1 3 12 51 279 346
KILDARE 0 0 0 0 3 11 65 355 434
KILKENNY/
CARLOW		 0 0 1 1 4 11 43 260 320
LAOIS/OFFALY 0 0 0 1 3 10 61 300 375
LIMERICK 0 0 0 1 6 17 81 484 589
LOUTH 0 0 0 0 2 12 55 329 398

MAYO/ROSCOMMON/

LONGFORD

 0 0 0 2 7 21 106 479 615
MEATH 0 0 0 1 4 10 42 258 315
SLIGO/
LEITRIM		 0 0 0 1 3 10 52 226 289
TIPPERARY 0 0 0 1 5 11 59 307 383
WATERFORD 0 0 0 1 3 13 48 313 378
WESTMEATH 0 0 0 0 2 7 39 202 250
WEXFORD 0 0 0 1 3 11 46 279 340
WICKLOW 0 0 0 0 3 10 42 253 308
TOTAL 0 0 3 17 78 251 1,243 6,811 8,403
Of which Detective total 0 0 0 0 12 39 155 703 909

Of which
Uniform total

 0 0 3 17 66 212 1,088 6,108 7,494
Specialist Units (Includes HQ, Phoenix Park, HQ, Harcourt Square, Garda College, Vetting Bureau, Immigration Bureau etc) as on 28 February 2023
Comm D/Comm A/Comm C/Supt Supt Insp Sergt Gda Total
TOTAL 1 2 4 21 58 84 342 1,393 1,905
Of which Detective total 0 0 0 10 30 36 179 820 1,075
Of which Uniform total 1 2 4 11 28 48 163 573 830
TOTAL STRENGTH OF AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA 14,099
Of which Detective total 2,427
Of which Uniform total

11,672

Garda Numbers by Station

Garda Reserve Numbers by Station

(A small number of Stations currently have no Garda member assigned to it, the service is provided to these stations by the Community / District Headquarters Station)

Legend: Comm = Commissioner, D/Comm = Deputy Commissioner, A/Comm = Assistant Commissioner, C/Supt = Chief Superintendent, Supt. = Superintendent, Insp. = Inspector, Sergt. = Sergeant, Gda = Garda.

Figures provided are current as of the above date and ARE PROVISIONAL FIGURES AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

The numbers provided above may vary based on current operational needs identified by local management.

Garda Staff as on 28 February 2023
Professional/Technical Administrative Industrial
Head of legal Affairs (Director level post) 1 Chief Administrative Officer 1 General Operative 11
Senior Solicitor 1

Executive Director HR & People Development

 1 Electrician 0
Solicitor 1

Executive Director Finance

 1 Carpenter 1
Legal Professional 6

Chief Information Officer

 1 Charge Hand 1
Chief Medical Officer 1 Executive Director Strategy and Transformation 1 Plumber 1
Assistant Chief Medical Officer 1 Executive Director Legal & Compliance 1 Traffic Warden 1
Occupational Health Physician 0 Director of IT 1
Principal Psychologist 1 Director of Communications 1
Nurse 1 Driver 12
Head of Training and Development 0 Store Man 4
Teacher 15 Principal Officer* 28 Store Officer 1
Professional Accountant Grade 1 4 Assistant Principal** 72 Groom 2
Professional Accountant Grade II 5 Higher Executive Officer*** 210 Catering Staff 22
Professional Accountant Grade III 0 Administrative Officer 25
Industrial sub-total
56
Forensic Accountant Grade II 1
Researcher 3 Executive Officer**** 736
Photographer 2 Clerical Officers 1,872
Cartographer 1 Non-Industrial
Examiner of Maps 1 Superintendent of Cleaners 2
Telecoms Technician 9 Cleaners 221
Engineer Grade 1 0 Service Attendant 53
Engineer Grade 2 2 Seasonal Cleaner 2
Technical Supervisor 0 Service Officer 7
Non-Industrial sub-total 285
Sub-Total 56 2,951 341
GRAND TOTAL AVAILABLE: 3,348 ( Whole-time equivalent 3,143.64)

* Includes 1 Head of Analysis Service (Currently vacant)
** Includes 2 Deputy Head of Analysis Service
*** Includes 26 Senior Crime & Policing Analysts.
**** Includes 8 Crime & Policing Analysts

Figures provided are current as of the above date and ARE PROVISIONAL FIGURES AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Garda Strength by Gender as on 28 February 2023

Rank Strength Male Female
Commissioner 1 1 0
Deputy Commissioner 2 0 2
Assistant Commissioner 8 4 4
Chief Superintendent 46 38 8
Superintendent 167 139 28
Inspector 458 371 87
Sergeant 2,064 1,560 504
Garda 11,353 8,011 3,342
TOTAL 14,099 10,124 3,975
Of which   Male Female
Career Breaks (incl. ICB) 57 38 19
Work-sharing* 40 1

39
Secondments (Overseas etc.) 57 39 19
Maternity Leave 52 0 52
Unpaid Maternity Leave 29 0 29
Paternity Leave 12 12 0
Available Strength 28/2/23 13,852 10,034 3,818

*Equates to 80 Full-time members, 3 male 77 female.

Figures provided are current as of the above date and ARE PROVISIONAL FIGURES AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Garda Staff by Gender as on the 28 February 2023

   Total WTE** Male Female
Professional / Technical 56 55.2 32 24
Administrative * 2,951 2,868.6 810 2,140
Industrial / Non-Industrial 341 219.8 110 2301
Total 3,350 3,143.6 952 2,397

* Civil service grades and other administrative posts

** Whole time equivalent - Garda staff work on a number of different work-sharing patterns.

*** Work-sharing figure excludes Industrial & Non-Industrial staff. Many of these positions are part-time.

Garda Staff - Civil Service Grades
Grade Total WTE Male Female
CAO 1 1 1 0
Executive Director 4 4 2 2
Director 2 2 2 0
Principal Officer  28 28 15 13
Assistant Principal 72 72 33 39

Higher Executive Officer

 210 208.6 85 125

Administrative Officer

 25 25 13 12
Executive Officer 736 726.8 202 534
Clerical Officer 1,872 1,800.2 458 1,413
Total 2,951 2,868.6 810 2,140

Garda staff numbers by role - Gender Breakdown

The Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 (and related Regulations) provides a statutory basis for reporting on the gender pay gap in Ireland. There is a requirement for organisations with greater than 250 employees to identify a snapshot date in June 2022 to report on the hourly gender pay gap across a range of metrics and to ensure that this is published by end of December 2022. This will be the first time that An Garda Síochána has carried out this analysis and we will be required to continue to report on this matter going forward on an annual basis. 

The gender pay gap is the difference in average gross hourly pay of women when compared to men expressed as a percentage of men’s pay. Taking this approach enables organisations to understand if women are represented evenly across an organisation. The Gender pay gap should not be confused with equal pay which provides for assessment of pay for employees undertaking the same or similar roles or work of equal value. It is prohibited by Irish equality legislation to discriminate on the basis of pay because of gender.

An Garda Síochána Gender Pay Gap Report 2022