Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average annual salary of a member of An Garda Síochána; the salary scales in respect of each rank, including the starting salary for a new member; the cost of putting a new recruit through the training process prior to their investiture; and the other average annual human resources costs associated with members. [13186/07]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the average salary of a Garda member, on the mid point of the Garda pay scale and including rent, boot, uniform and unsocial hours allowances, is €55,636. The salary scale in respect of each rank is as set out in the attached tables. The starting salary for a new member on attestation is €25,288.

The pay and allowances made in respect of Garda trainee on Phases I-III of the Garda Training Programme is €17,416. In addition, the annual cost of running the Garda College, which is responsible for the training of Student Gardaí is approximately €33.4 million. Moreover, a separate budget is provided on an annual basis for Garda training including external training courses. The 2007 training budget amounted to €3.3 million.