Garda Strength by Gender

Garda Strength by Gender as on 28 February 2025

Rank	Strength	Male	Female
Commissioner	1	1	0
Deputy Commissioner	2	1	1
Assistant Commissioner	7	3	4
Chief Superintendent	46	37	9
Superintendent	166	138	28
Inspector	482	382	100
Sergeant	2,208	1,655	553
Garda	11,234	7,869	3,365
TOTAL	14,146	10,086	4,060

Of which		Male	Female
Career Breaks (incl. ICB)	31	18	13
Work-sharing*	33	1	32
Secondments (Overseas etc.)	47	27	20
Maternity Leave	48	0	48
Unpaid Maternity Leave	18	0	18
Paternity Leave	8	8	0
Available Strength 28/02/25	13,961	10,032	3,929

*Equates to 84 Full-time members, 3 male, 81 female.

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

Garda and Garda Staff Numbers

Garda numbers as on the 31 May 2025
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	1	0	2
Assistant Commissioner	7	0	0	0	0	0	7
Chief Superintendent	48	0	0	0	0	0	48
Superintendent	164	0	0	0	0	0	164
Inspector	479	0	0	0	0	0	479
Sergeant	2,204	0	0	0	0	0	2,204
Garda	11,293	0	0	0	0	0	11,293
Total	14,198	0	0	0	0	0	14,198

Of which
Career Breaks (incl ICB*)	28
Work-Sharing**	33.5
Secondments (Overseas etc)	46
Maternity Leave	55
Unpaid Maternity Leave	32
Paternity Leave	12
Available Strength on 31/05/25	13,991.5

* ICB - Incentivised Career Break

**Equates to 84 full time members

Garda Staff as at 31 May 2025
TOTAL	3,507

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

Garda Numbers by Division and Station Breakdown

Garda Numbers by Division as on 31 May 2025
Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) Divisions
	Comm	D/Com	A/Com	C/Supt	Supt	Insp	Sergt	Gda	Total
DMR Office	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	2	10
EAST	0	0	0	1	4	11	42	280	338
NORTH	0	0	0	1	6	21	92	653	773
NORTH CENTRAL	0	0	0	1	5	17	95	566	684
SOUTH	0	0	0	1	3	18	69	457	548
SOUTH CENTRAL	0	0	0	1	6	23	90	605	725
DMR ROADS POLICING	0	0	0	1	1	2	9	77	90
WESTERN	0	0	0	1	5	20	91	631	748
TOTAL	0	0	1	8	32	115	489	3,271	3,913

Divisions other than DMR as on 31 May 2025
	Comm	D/Comm	A/Comm	C/Supt	Supt	Insp	Sergt	Gda	Total
CLARE/TIPPERARY	0	0	0	2	6	18	117	515	658
CORK CITY	0	0	1	1	6	19	112	524	663
CORK COUNTY	0	0	0	1	5	17	103	490	616
DONEGAL	0	0	0	1	3	13	61	352	430
GALWAY	0	0	1	1	6	23	99	480	610
KERRY	0	0	0	1	3	14	59	264	341
KILDARE/CARLOW	0	0	0	1	5	15	78	428	527
LAOIS/OFFALY	0	0	0	1	4	14	69	309	397
LIMERICK	0	0	0	1	6	19	95	464	585
LOUTH/CAVAN/MONAGHAN	0	0	0	2	7	22	109	567	707
MAYO/ROSCOMMON/LONGFORD	0	0	0	1	6	22	111	441	581
MEATH/WESTMEATH	0	0	0	1	5	17	78	450	551
SLIGO/LEITRIM	0	0	0	1	4	13	52	217	287
WATERFORD/KILKENNY	0	0	1	3	7	22	81	454	568
WEXFORD/WICKLOW	0	0	0	1	6	19	79	504	609
TOTAL	0	0	3	19	79	267	1,303	6,459	8,130

Garda Reserve Numbers by Division as on 31 May 2025
Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) Divisions
	Total
EAST	3
NORTH	22
NORTH CENTRAL	11
SOUTH	9
SOUTH CENTRAL	19
WESTERN	18
TOTAL	82

Divisions other than DMR as on 31 May 2025
	Total
CLARE/TIPPERARY	14
CORK CITY	28
CORK COUNTY	14
DONEGAL	5
GALWAY	17
KERRY	6
KILDARE/CARLOW	12
LAOIS/OFFALY	9
LIMERICK	9
LOUTH/CAVAN/MONAGHAN	21
MAYO/ROSCOMMON/LONGFORD	17
MEATH/WESTMEATH	22
SLIGO/LEITRIM	8
WATERFORD/KILKENNY	19
WEXFORD/WICKLOW	15
TOTAL	216

(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.

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 to report on the hourly gender pay gap across a range of metrics and to ensure that this is published by end of December.

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

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