Garda HR Directorate

Garda numbers as on the 30 September 2019
RANK	END OF LAST MONTH	ATTESTED	RETIREMENTS ETC.	NET CHANGE (includes all movement including promotions etc.)	TOTAL AT END OF MONTH	TOTAL AT END OF MONTH (WTE)
Commissioner	1	0	0	0	1	1
Deputy Commissioner	1	0	0	0	1	1
Assistant Commissioner	8	0	0	0	8	8
Chief Superintendent	47	0	0	0	47	47
Superintendent	164	0	-2+4	2	166	166
Inspector	379	0	-4+4	0	379	379
Sergeant	2,018	0	-9+8	-17	2,001	1,998.5
Garda	11,616	0	-17	-17	11,599	11,550
Total	14,234	0	0	-32	14,202	14,150.5

Of which
Career Breaks (incl ICB*)	80
Work-Sharing**	51.5
Secondments (Overseas etc)	14
Maternity Leave	71
Unpaid Maternity Leave	62
Paternity Leave	22
Available Strength on 31/7/19	13,902

* ICB - Incentivised Career Break

**Equates to 103 full time members

Garda Staff as at 30 September 2019
	Total	WTE
Professional/Technical	55	54.1
Administrative	2,656	2,555.3
Industrial/Non-Industrial	412	251.6
TOTAL (whole-time equivalent)	3,123	2,861

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

Garda Numbers by Division as on 30 September 2019
Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) Divisions
	Comm	D/Com	A/Com	C/Supt	Supt	Insp	Sergt	Gda	Total
DMR OFFICE	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	7
EASTERN	0	0	0	1	2	8	49	311	371
NORTH CENTRAL	0	0	0	1	5	18	94	574	692
NORTHERN	0	0	0	1	5	19	87	633	745
SOUTH CENTRAL	0	0	0	1	6	22	89	640	758
SOUTHERN	0	0	0	1	4	13	76	478	572
TRAFFIC DIVISION	0	0	0	1	2	3	9	92	107
WESTERN	0	0	0	1	3	17	89	625	735
TOTAL	0	0	1	7	28	101	494	3,356	3,987
Of which Detective total	0	0	0	0	7	11	54	326	398
Of which Uniform total	0	0	1	7	21	90	440	3,030	3,589

Divisions other than DMR as on 30 September 2019
	Comm	D/Comm	A/Comm	C/Supt	Supt	Insp	Sergt	Gda	Total
CAVAN/ MONAGHAN	0	0	0	1	5	8	50	309	373
CLARE	0	0	0	1	2	7	46	256	312
CORK CITY	0	0	1	1	6	17	100	576	701
CORK NORTH	0	0	0	1	3	6	51	274	335
CORK WEST	0	0	0	1	4	7	44	248	304
DONEGAL	0	0	0	1	4	7	56	376	444
GALWAY	0	0	0	1	8	16	97	500	622
KERRY	0	0	0	1	3	8	47	286	345
KILDARE	0	0	0	0	3	7	54	330	394
KILKENNY/ CARLOW	0	0	1	1	4	9	47	277	339
LAOIS/OFFALY	0	0	0	1	3	10	53	312	379
LIMERICK	0	0	0	1	5	15	77	483	581
LOUTH	0	0	0	1	4	7	48	311	371
MAYO	0	0	0	1	5	8	57	267	338
MEATH	0	0	0	1	4	8	40	271	324
ROSCOMMON/ LONGFORD	0	0	0	1	3	8	52	250	314
SLIGO/ LEITRIM	0	0	1	1	3	9	48	238	300
TIPPERARY	0	0	0	1	6	7	53	317	384
WATERFORD	0	0	0	1	3	11	49	290	354
WESTMEATH	0	0	0	1	3	7	41	225	277
WEXFORD	0	0	0	1	3	7	42	268	321
WICKLOW	0	0	0	1	3	7	43	259	313
TOTAL	0	0	3	21	87	196	1,195	6,923	8,425
Of which Detective total	0	0	0	0	8	17	134	602	761
Of which Uniform total	0	0	3	21	79	179	1,061	6,321	7,664

Specialist Units (Includes HQ, Phoenix Park, HQ, Harcourt Square, Garda College, Vetting Bureau, Immigration Bureau etc) as on 30 September 2019
	Comm	D/Comm	A/Comm	C/Supt	Supt	Insp	Sergt	Gda	Total
TOTAL	1	1	4	19	51	82	312	1,320	1,790
Of which Detective total	0	0	0	9	26	37	138	760	970
Of which Uniform total	1	1	4	10	25	45	174	560	820

TOTAL STRENGTH OF AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA	14,202
Of which Detective total	2,129
Of which Uniform total	12,073

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 30 September 2019
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	1
Solicitor	1	Executive Director Finance	1	Carpenter	1
Chief Medical Officer	1	Executive Director IT	1	Charge Hand	1
Assistant Chief Medical Officer	1	Executive Director Legal & Compliance	1	Traffic Warden	3
Occupational Health Physician	1	Executive Director Strategy & Transformation	1	Plumber	1
Principal Psychologist	1	Director of Communications	1
Nurse	3			Driver	14
Head of Training and Development	0			Store Man	5
Teacher	17	Principal Officer*	18	Store Officer	1
Professional Accountant Grade 1	4	Assistant Principal**	42	Groom	2
Professional Accountant Grade II	3	Higher Executive Officer***	142	Catering Staff	28
Professional Accountant Grade III	0	Administrative Officer	7
Researcher	2	Executive Officer****	673
Photographer	3	Clerical Officers	1,767
Cartographer	2			Non-Industrial
Examiner of Maps	1			Superintendent of Cleaners	2
Telecoms Technician	10			Cleaners	248
Accident Damage Co-coordinator	1			Service Attendant	43
Technical Supervisor	1			Seasonal Cleaner	44
Workshop Supervisor	1			Service Officer	7
Sub-Total	55		2,656		412
GRAND TOTAL: 2,729.7 (Whole-time equivalent)

* 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 30 September 2019

Rank	Strength	Male	Female	Whole Time Equivalent
Commissioner	1	1	0	1
Deputy Commissioner	1	1	0	1
Assistant Commissioner	8	6	2	8
Chief Superintendent	47	38	9	47
Superintendent	166	152	14	166
Inspector	379	313	66	379
Sergeant	2,001	1,573	428	1,998.5
Garda	11,599	8,303	3,296	11,550.0
TOTAL	14,202	10,387	3,815	14,150.5

Of which		Male	Female
Career Breaks (incl. ICB)	80	33	47
Work-sharing*	51.5	2.5	49
Secondments (Overseas etc.)	14	8	6
Maternity Leave	71	0	71
Unpaid Maternity Leave	62	0	62
Paternity Leave	22	22	0
Available Strength 30/9/19	13,901.5	10,321.5	3,580

*Equates to 103 Full-time members.

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

Garda Staff by Gender as on the 30 September 2019

	Total	WTE**	Male	Female
Professional / Technical	55	54.1	32	23
Administrative *	2,656	2,555.3	670	1,986
Industrial / Non-Industrial	412	251.6	125	287
Total	3,123	2861	827	2,296
Of which
Work-sharing***	344	0	6	338
Career Breaks	20	0	4	16
Maternity Leave	27	27	0	27
Unpaid Maternity Leave	8	8	0	8
Paternity Leave	1	1	1	0
Available Total (figure excludes career break and maternity leave)	2,805	2,861	766	2,805

* 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
Principal Officer	18	18	12	6
Assistant Principal	42	42	17	25
Higher Executive Officer	142	141	63	79
Administrative Officer	7	7	3	4
Executive Officer	673	663	184	489
Clerical Officer	1,767	1,677	385	1,382
Total	2,649	2,548	664	1,985

Garda staff numbers by role - Gender Breakdown

Historical Data available on the following links:

Allocation of new Garda Probationers from 2015 to date 2019

Historic Strengths 2005-2018 for Garda Members and Garda Staff

Garda Strengths 2005 - 2018 by Rank and Gender

Garda strengths 1993 - 2018