Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 March 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána

9:30 am

Mr. Drew Harris:

There are two legs to that. One is the actual number of Garda members who join and we then allot. The second is Garda staff and what roles they undertake to, in effect, displace Garda members from administrative or operational support-type roles, even front-desk duty, so that they are out on the ground or taking on some form of detective duty. It is about how we use the resources we have as well. Again, this month, when we have 100% of people on the RDMS system, we will know precisely how people are being used. We completed the roster negotiations on Tuesday and they seem to have been positively received by the association. Hopefully, we can move to a new roster, which better places resources on duty when they are needed for operations.

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