29/03/1938:

THE GÁRDA SÍOCHÁNA PAY ORDER, 1927

THE GÁRDA SÍOCHÁNA PAY ORDER, 1927

In exercise of the powers conferred or me by Section 12 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 , and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, I, Caoimhghin O h-Uigín, Minister for Justice, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, do hereby order as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Gárda Síochána Pay Order, 1927.

2. In this Order, the expression, "the force," means the Gárda Síochána; the expression, "the Minister," means the Minister for Justice.

3. As from the date on which this Order shall come into operation the pay of the members of the Gárda Síochána shall, subject to the conditions and exceptions hereinafter provided, be in accordance with the following rates and scales, viz.:--

4. The scale for Guards as prescribed in the foregoing Article shall be subject to the following conditions:--

(a) On first appointment a Guard shall be regarded as on probation. The normal period of probation shall be one year, but this period may be extended by the Commissioner to 18 months if at the end of the first year the Guard has not made sufficient progress for his appointment to be confirmed, but it is desired to give him a further opportunity of showing that he is likely to become an efficient policeman.

(b) A Guard shall receive his first increment at the end of one year or at such later date as his appointment may be confirmed, and all subsequent increments up to the tenth, bringing his pay to 78/-- weekly, shall, subject to clause (d) following, be automatic on his completing 2 years, 3 years, and so on, reckoned from the date of his first appointment.

(c) The grant of the additional long service increments, viz., the last two increments on the scale, shall be at the discretion of the Commissioner: subject to a Guard's good conduct and efficient service he shall be eligible to receive the first of such increments (2/6 in amount) after seven years' service at the ordinary maximum (78/-- weekly), and the second such increment after a further five years' service, subject to the same conditions as to conduct and efficiency.

(d) A Guard serving in the Detective Branch who has completed his period of probationary service, may, at the discretion of the Commissioner, be granted a special advance of two increments in the ordinary scale while he continues to serve in that Branch.

5. Inspectors and Superintendents serving in the Dublin Metropolitan Division shall be entitled to the following scales of pay (in lieu of those set out in Article 3 above), viz.

If an Inspector or Superintendent is transferred from the Dublin Metropolitan Division the Minister for Justice may, if the transfer is not by way of disciplinary punishment, authorise him to retain as a personal scale the scale to which he was entitled prior to such transfer.

6. The Deputy Commissioner who formerly served as Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police shall while he continues to hold the office of Deputy Commissioner be entitled to a personal salary of £1,100 per annum.

7. The Assistant Commissioner who formerly served as Deputy Commissioner of the Civic Guard shall while he continues to hold the office of Assistant Commissioner be entitled to a personal salary of £1,000 per annum.

8. Every member of the force serving as such on the date on which this Order shall come into operation shall enter the scale of pay prescribed for his rank by this Order with benefit of increments appropriate to his period of service in his existing or in a higher rank, and his incremental date shall remain unchanged.

9. The pay prescribed in this Order shall be subject.

(a) in every case to a pension deduction at the rate of two and one half per cent;

(b) to deductions in respect of disciplinary fines, mess debts and public property lost, destroyed or damaged;

(c) to such stoppages in respect of periods of illness, absence without leave, or suspension as may be prescribed by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance.

10. When a member of the force has been reduced in rank, or in grade of rank, the period of his previous service in any higher rank or grade may be reckoned for the purpose of increment of pay in the rank or grade to which he has been reduced.

11. When a member of the force, who has completed his period of probationary service, resigns and is subsequently allowed to rejoin the force, the Minister may on the recommendation of the Commissioner allow the previous service of such member to be reckoned either in whole or in part as he may think fit for purposes of pay after rejoining.

12. When a member of the force, who has completed his period of probationary service is dismissed and is subsequently reinstated in the force, the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, and subject to the sanction of the Minister for Finance, allow the previous service of such member to be reckoned either in whole or in part as he may think fit for the purposes of pay after reinstatement.

13. Any mention of or reference to the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pay Order, 1920, contained in the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922 (except in Article thereof) shall in its application to any member of the force to whom the said Pensions Order applies, be construed and take effect as a mention of or reference to this Order, and the reference in Article 2 of the said Pensions Order to paragraph 2 of Part III, of the Schedule to the pay Order, 1920, shall be construed as including a reference to clause (a) of Article 9 of this Order.

14. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st April, 1927, as from which date the Gárda Síochána Pay Order, 1924, and the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pay Order, 1924, shall cease to have effect.

Dated this 30th day of March, 1927.

C. O HUIGÍN,

Minister for Justice.

I hereby sanction the foregoing Order.

EARNÁN DE BLAGHD,

Minister for Finance.

Dated this 30th day of March, 1927.