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Garda HR Directorate

Garda Strength by Gender as on 31 October 2023

RankStrengthMaleFemale
Commissioner110
Deputy Commissioner202
Assistant Commissioner844
Chief Superintendent47389
Superintendent16614026
Inspector46437193
Sergeant2,1251,601524
Garda11,1277,8333,294
TOTAL13,9409,9883,952
Of which  MaleFemale
Career Breaks (incl. ICB)412417
Work-sharing*813

78

Secondments (Overseas etc.)574215
Maternity Leave39039
Unpaid Maternity Leave32032
Paternity Leave12120
Available Strength 31/10/2313,6789,9073,771

*Equates to 40.5 Full-time members, 1.5 male, 39 female.

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

Garda numbers as on the 31 October 2023
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 0 0 8
Chief Superintendent 47 0 0 0 0 0 47
Superintendent 168 0 0 0 2 -2 166
Inspector 469 0 0 0 5 -5 464
Sergeant 2,135 0 0 0 13 -10 2,125
Garda 11,050 126 0 0 46 77 11,127
Total 13,880 126 0 0 66 60 13,940
Of which
Career Breaks (incl ICB*) 41
Work-Sharing** 81
Secondments (Overseas etc) 57
Maternity Leave 39
Unpaid Maternity Leave 32
Paternity Leave 12
Available Strength on 31/10/23 13,678

* ICB - Incentivised Career Break

**Equates to 40.5 full time members

Garda Staff as at 31 October 2023
Total WTE
Professional/Technical 53 52.4
Administrative 2,951 2,868.6
Industrial/Non-Industrial 319 208.7
TOTAL (whole-time equivalent)

3,323

 3,129.7

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

Garda Numbers by Division as on 31 October 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 13 44 294 355
NORTH 0 0 0 1 5 23 93 649 771
NORTH CENTRAL 0 0 0 1 5 20 92 523 641
SOUTH  0 0 0 1 4 19 69 454 547
SOUTH CENTRAL 0 0 0 1 6 21 91 569 688
DMR ROADS POLICING 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 73 86
WESTERN 0 0 0 1 5 21 91 599 717
TOTAL 0 0 1 8 31 120 492 3,163 3,815
Of which Detective total 0 0 0 0 10 18 75 383 486
Of which Uniform total 0 0 1 8 21 102 417 2,780 3,329
Divisions other than DMR as on 31 October 2023
Comm D/Comm A/Comm C/Supt Supt Insp Sergt Gda Total
CAVAN/
MONAGHAN		 0 0 0 2 5 11 55 297 370
CLARE/TIPPERARY 0 0 0 2 6 19 119 528 674
CORK CITY 0 0 1 1 5 19 106 567 699
CORK NORTH 0 0 0 0 2 10 43 267 322
CORK WEST 0 0 0 1 3 10 45 225 284
DONEGAL 0 0 0 0 3 8 59 370 440
GALWAY 0 0 1 1 6 25 92 489 614
KERRY 0 0 0 1 3 13 50 270 337
KILDARE 0 0 0 0 3 10 69 346 428
KILKENNY/
CARLOW		 0 0 1 1 5 10 43 247 307
LAOIS/OFFALY 0 0 0 1 3 9 60 291 364
LIMERICK 0 0 0 1 6 18 87 467 579
LOUTH 0 0 0 0 2 9 55 324 390

MAYO/ROSCOMMON/

LONGFORD

 0 0 0 2 6 23 107 466 604
MEATH 0 0 0 1 4 10 44 255 314
SLIGO/
LEITRIM		 0 0 0 1 2 10 55 214 282
WATERFORD 0 0 0 1 3

14

 53 303 374
WESTMEATH 0 0 0 0 2 8 42 195 247
WEXFORD 0 0 0 1 2 10 48 276 337
WICKLOW 0 0 0 0 3 9 40 242 294
TOTAL 0 0 3 17 74 255 1,274 6,637 8,260
Of which Detective total 0 0 0 0 14 38 169 710 931

Of which
Uniform total

 0 0 3 17 60 217 1,105 5,927 7,329
Specialist Units (Includes HQ, Phoenix Park, HQ, Harcourt Square, Garda College, Vetting Bureau, Immigration Bureau etc) as on 31 October 2023
Comm D/Comm A/Comm C/Supt Supt Insp Sergt Gda Total
TOTAL 1 2 4 22 61 89 359 1,327 1,865
Of which Detective total 0 0 0 13 33 38 190 785 1,059
Of which Uniform total 1 2 4 9 28 51 169 542 806
TOTAL STRENGTH OF AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA 13,940
Of which Detective total 2,476
Of which Uniform total

11,464

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 31 October 2023
Professional/Technical Administrative Industrial
Head of legal Affairs (Director level post) 1 Chief Administrative Officer 0 General Operative 11
Senior Solicitor 0

Executive Director HR & People Development

 1 Electrician 0
Solicitor 0

Executive Director Finance

 1 Carpenter 1
Legal Professional 3

Chief Information Officer

 1 Charge Hand 1
Chief Medical Officer 1 Executive Director Strategy and Transformation 1 Plumber 1
Assistant Chief Medical Officer 0 Executive Director Legal & Compliance 1 Traffic Warden 1
Occupational Health Physician 0 Director of IT 1
Principal Psychologist 1 Director of Human Resources 1
Nurse 1 Driver 11
Head of Training and Development 0 Store Man 5
Teacher 15 Principal Officer* 28 Store Officer 1
Professional Accountant Grade 1 4 Assistant Principal** 86 Groom 2
Professional Accountant Grade II 6 Higher Executive Officer*** 209 Catering Staff 23
Professional Accountant Grade III 0 Administrative Officer 17
Industrial sub-total
57
Forensic Accountant Grade II 1
Digital Forensic Examiner 1 Executive Officer**** 796
Researcher 3 Clerical Officers 1,808
Photographer 2 Non-Industrial
Cartographer 1 Superintendent of Cleaners 2
Examiner of Maps 1 Cleaners 206
Telecoms Technician 9 Service Attendant 45
Engineer Grade 1 0 Seasonal Cleaner 3
Engineer Grade 2 2 Service Officer 6
Technical Supervisor 0 Non-Industrial sub-total 262
Sub-Total 53 2,951 319
GRAND TOTAL AVAILABLE: 3,323 ( Whole-time equivalent 3,129.7)

* Includes 1 Head of Analysis Service 
** Includes 8 Deputy Head of Analysis Service
*** Includes 27 Senior Crime & Policing Analysts.
**** Includes 20 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 31 October 2023

Rank Strength Male Female
Commissioner 1 1 0
Deputy Commissioner 2 0 2
Assistant Commissioner 8 4 4
Chief Superintendent 47 38 9
Superintendent 166 140 26
Inspector 464 371 93
Sergeant 2,125 1,601 524
Garda 11,127 7,833 3,294
TOTAL 13,940 9,988 3,952
Of which   Male Female
Career Breaks (incl. ICB) 41 24 17
Work-sharing* 81 3

78
Secondments (Overseas etc.) 57 42 15
Maternity Leave 39 0 39
Unpaid Maternity Leave 32 0 32
Paternity Leave 12 12 0
Available Strength 31/10/23 13,678 9,907 3,771

*Equates to 40.5 Full-time members, 1.5 male, 39 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 31 October 2023

   Total WTE** Male Female
Professional / Technical 53 52.4 32 21
Administrative * 2,951 2,868.6 819

2,132
Industrial / Non-Industrial 319 208.7 101 218
Total 3,323 3,129.7 952

2,371

* 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 0 0 0 0
Executive Director 4 4 1 3
Director 2 2 1 1
Principal Officer  28 28 16 12
Assistant Principal 86 86 37 49

Higher Executive Officer

 209 208 82 127

Administrative Officer

 17 17 9 8
Executive Officer 796 785.1

227

 569
Clerical Officer 1,808

1,737.5

 445 1,363
Total 2,951 2,868.6 819 2,132

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