Written answers
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Department of Justice and Equality
Garda Civilian Staff
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of civilian staff for each of the past five years in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34564/20]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for the management of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and deployment of resources. As Minister, I have no role in these matters. I am assured, however, that Garda management keeps the distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities, to ensure their optimum use.
The resources provided by Government to An Garda Síochána have reached unprecedented levels, with an allocation of €1.88 billion for 2020 and of €1.952 billion in Budget 2021. This level of investment is enabling sustained, ongoing recruitment of Garda members and staff. There are now over 14,600 Gardaí nationwide, supported by over 3,000 Garda staff. Taken together, this number of Garda members and staff is delivering a significant growth in operational policing hours nationwide.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that the table below discloses the sum of payroll, allowance, overtime and employer PRSI costs relating to Garda Staff from 2016 to the end of October 2020. These costs can be specifically identified as Garda Staff costs within the Garda vote. It is not possible to specifically allocate other costs to Garda Staff only.
| 1 Jan to 31 Oct 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| €106,718,536 | €112,521,542 | €96,842,099 | €86,542,613 | €82,516,802 |
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the civilian staff numbers in An Garda Síochána per grade; the number of PTE and FTE equivalents annually for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34565/20]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is by law responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and deployment of resources. The allocation of Garda resources is made in light of identified operational demand. This includes deployment of personnel among the various Garda Divisions. As Minister, I have no direct role in the matter.
An Garda Síochána has been allocated an unprecedented budget of €1.952 billion for 2021. This level of funding is enabling sustained, ongoing recruitment of Garda members and staff. As a result, Garda numbers are now some 14,600 Garda members and over 3,000 Garda staff nationwide. Budget 2021 will allow for the recruitment of up to620 new Gardaí and an extra 500 Garda staff.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that the table below shows the number of Garda Staff as requested by the Deputy at end December from 2015 to 2019 and as at 31/10/2020:
| 2015 Staff | 2015 WTE | 2016 Staff | 2016 WTE | 2017 Staff | 2017 WTE | 2018 Staff | 2018 WTE | 2019 Staff | 2019 WTE | 2020 Staff | 2020 WTE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional/Technical | 60 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 55 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 60 | 59.13 | 59 | 58.4 |
| CAO | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ex. Dir HR&PD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ex. Dir Finance | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Ex. Dir IT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Ex. Dir Strategy & Performance | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ex. Dir Legal & Compliance | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chief Data Officer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Director | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Principal Officer | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 |
| Assistant Principal Officer | 13 | 12.6 | 18 | 18 | 30 | 30 | 37 | 37 | 44 | 44 | 69 | 69 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 78 | 77.131 | 86 | 85 | 113 | 112 | 141 | 139.80 | 146 | 145 | 125 | 124 |
| Administrative Officer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 |
| Executive Officer | 93 | 90.731 | 96 | 93.631 | 325 | 316.055 | 388 | 377.73 | 726 | 715.18 | 750 | 740.20 |
| Staff Officer/District Finance Officer | 190 | 183.886 | 181 | 175.986 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clerical Officer | 1,412 | 1,317.329 | 1,406 | 1,310.265 | 1,514 | 1,419.279 | 1,635 | 1,540.40 | 1,786 | 1,698.16 | 1,936 | 1,848 |
| Totals | 1,856 | 1,7506.67 | 1,857 | 1,752.88 | 2,053 | 1,947.334 | 2,278 | 2,170.93 | 2,795 | 2,694.47 | 2,305 | 2,880.6 |
| Industrials | 59 | 52.6 | 50 | 44.8 | 48 | 43.8 | 71 | 69.30 | 68 | 67.30 | 60 | 59.30 |
| Non-Industrials | 417 | 205.947 | 401 | 201.20 | 389 | 200.62 | 360 | 189.20 | 355 | 182.10 | 321 | 178.70 |
| Total | 476 | 258.547 | 451 | 246 | 437 | 244.42 | 431 | 258.5 | 423 | 249.4 | 381 | 238 |
Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) numbers are provided to indicate that Garda Staff work on a number of different work-sharing patterns of varying hours. The WTE number reflects the number of whole time staff required to work the number of hours provided by the staff actually employed.
The Deputy may wish to be aware that information on Garda staff, the Garda Workforce and other relevant statistics are available at the following link:
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