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Garda HR Directorate

Garda Strength by Gender as on 31 March 2023

RankStrengthMaleFemale
Commissioner110
Deputy Commissioner202
Assistant Commissioner844
Chief Superintendent45387
Superintendent16713928
Inspector45036387
Sergeant2,0501,548502
Garda11,3137,9783,335
TOTAL14,03610,0713,965
Of which  MaleFemale
Career Breaks (incl. ICB)533716
Work-sharing*.9.51.5

38

Secondments (Overseas etc.)543618
Maternity Leave46046
Unpaid Maternity Leave36036
Paternity Leave16160
Available Strength 31/3/2313,791.59,980.53,811

*Equates to 79 Full-time members, 3 male 76 female.

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

Garda numbers as on the 31 March 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 -1 45
Superintendent 167 0 0 0 5 0 167
Inspector 458 0 0 0 3 -8 450
Sergeant 2,064 0 0 0 14 -14 2,050
Garda 11,353 24 0 0 40 -40 11,313
Total 14,099 24 0 0 63 -63 14,036
Of which
Career Breaks (incl ICB*) 53
Work-Sharing** 39.5
Secondments (Overseas etc) 54
Maternity Leave 46
Unpaid Maternity Leave 36
Paternity Leave 16
Available Strength on 31/3/23 13,791.5

* 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 31 March 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 44 300 359
NORTH 0 0 0 1 6 23 91 641 762
NORTH CENTRAL 0 0 0 1 5 19 92 510 627
SOUTH  0 0 0 1 4 20 64 453 542
SOUTH CENTRAL 0 0 0 1 6 21 85 559 672
DMR ROADS POLICING 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 76 87
WESTERN 0 0 0 1 5 22 91 594 713
TOTAL 0 0 1 8 32 119 477 3,135 3,772
Of which Detective total 0 0 0 0 11 25 76 409 521
Of which Uniform total 0 0 1 8 21 94 401 2,726 3,251
Divisions other than DMR as on 31 March 2023
Comm D/Comm A/Comm C/Supt Supt Insp Sergt Gda Total
CAVAN/
MONAGHAN		 0 0 0 2 5 10 54 307 378
CLARE 0 0 0 1 1 9 59 235 305
CORK CITY 0 0 1 1 6 19 102 577 706
CORK NORTH 0 0 0 0 2 9 45 272 328
CORK WEST 0 0 0 1 3 8 46 226 284
DONEGAL 0 0 0 0 4 7 53 374 438
GALWAY 0 0 1 1 6 23 92 494 617
KERRY 0 0 0 1 3 12 50 278 344
KILDARE 0 0 0 0 3 10 65 354 432
KILKENNY/
CARLOW		 0 0 1 1 4 11 44 260 321
LAOIS/OFFALY 0 0 0 1 3 10 61 298 373
LIMERICK 0 0 0 1 6 17 81 483 588
LOUTH 0 0 0 0 2 11 54 329 396

MAYO/ROSCOMMON/

LONGFORD

 0 0 0 2 7 21 103 479 612
MEATH 0 0 0 1 4 10 42 258 315
SLIGO/
LEITRIM		 0 0 0 1 2 10 52 221 286
TIPPERARY 0 0 0 1 4 11 59 304 379
WATERFORD 0 0 0 1 3 13 47 311 375
WESTMEATH 0 0 0 0 2 7 39 201 249
WEXFORD 0 0 0 1 3 11 45 279 339
WICKLOW 0 0 0 0 2 10 42 253 307
TOTAL 0 0 3 17 75 249 1,235 6,793 8,372
Of which Detective total 0 0 0 0 12 39 158 703 912

Of which
Uniform total

 0 0 3 17 63 210 1,077 6,0908 7,460
Specialist Units (Includes HQ, Phoenix Park, HQ, Harcourt Square, Garda College, Vetting Bureau, Immigration Bureau etc) as on 31 March 2023
Comm D/Comm A/Comm C/Supt Supt Insp Sergt Gda Total
TOTAL 1 2 4 20 60 82 338 1,85 1,892
Of which Detective total 0 0 0 11 32 34 177 816 1,070
Of which Uniform total 1 2 4 9 28 48 161 569 822
TOTAL STRENGTH OF AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA 14,036
Of which Detective total 2,503
Of which Uniform total

11,533

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 31 March 2023

Rank Strength Male Female
Commissioner 1 1 0
Deputy Commissioner 2 0 2
Assistant Commissioner 8 4 4
Chief Superintendent 45 38 7
Superintendent 167 139 28
Inspector 450 363 87
Sergeant 2,050 1,548 502
Garda 11,313 7,978 3,335
TOTAL 14,036 10,071 3,965
Of which   Male Female
Career Breaks (incl. ICB) 53 37 16
Work-sharing* .9.5 1.5

38
Secondments (Overseas etc.) 54 36 18
Maternity Leave 46 0 46
Unpaid Maternity Leave 36 0 36
Paternity Leave 16 16 0
Available Strength 31/3/23 13,791.5 9,980.5 3,811

*Equates to 79 Full-time members, 3 male 76 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