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section 12
the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7
1925), that the Minister for Justice may with the sanction
the Minister for Finance from time to time by order regulate and appoint the rates
pay and allowances (including conditions applicable thereto) to be paid to the several ranks
the
ficers and men
the Gárda Síochána : AND WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section
the said section 12 that before making an order under that section the Minister for Justice shall cause the draft
the Order to be submitted to the several representative bodies representing the several ranks
the Gárda Síochána who would be affected by the Order when made, and shall consider any representations made to him in respect
the draft Order by any such representative body : AND WHEREAS before making this Order the Minister for Justice duly caused the draft thereof to be submitted to the several representative bodies representing the several ranks
the Gárda Síochána who would be affected by this Order when made and has considered the representations made to him in respect
the said draft Order by such representative bodies : NOW, I, GERALD BOLAND, Minister for Justice, in exercise
the powers conferred on me by section 12
the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7
1925), and
every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, and with the sanction
the Minister for Finance, testified by his
ficial seal affixed hereto do hereby order as follows :— 1.—
April,
1937), applies to this Order. 3. In this Order— the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Justice; the expression " the Commissioner " means the Commissioner
the Gárda Síochána; the expression " the Force " means the Gárda Síochána. 4. Subject to the provisions
this Order the pay
members
the Force shall be in accordance with the following rates and scales : The Commissioner £2,238 per annum Deputy Commissioners £1,727" Assistant Commissioners £1,532" Surgeon—On appointment £1,251" After one year from appointment £1,292" After two years from appointment £1,333" Chief Superintendents : On appointment £1,086 per annum After one year from appointment £1,138" " two years " " £1,189 " " three years " " £1,241" " four years " " £1,292" " five years " " £1,333" Superintendents : On appointment £720 per annum After one year from appointment £757" " two years " " £793 " " three years " " £830" " four years " " £867 " " five years " " £903" " six years " " £940" " seven years " " £976" " eight years " " £1,013" " nine years " " £1,034 " Inspectors : On appointment £590 per annum After one year from appointment £610 " " two years " " £631" " three years " " £662 " " four years " " £673 " Station Sergeants : On appointment 209/5d. per week After one year from appointment 214/8d." " two years from appointment 219/11d. " Sergeants : On appointment 18¾d. per week After one year from appointment 187/6d." " two years " " 191/8d." " three years " " 195/10d." " four years " " 200/-" " five years " " 204/3d." Guards : On appointment and during period
training 110/1 per week During remainder
period
probation after completion
period
training 131/-" After one year from appointment or end
period
probation (whichever is the later) 134/2d. " After two years from appointment 137/4d." " three " " " 140/5d." " four " " " 143/7d." " five " " " 146/9d." " six " " " 149/10d." " seven " " " 153/- " " eight " " " 156/1d." " nine " " " 159/3d." " ten " " " 162/5d." " eleven " " " 165/6d." " twelve " " " 168/8d." " sixteen " " " 171/10d." " twenty " " " 176/- " 5. The scale for Guards in Article 4
this Order shall be subject to the following conditions :— (a) on first appointment a Guard shall be regarded as on probation. The normal period
probation shall be one year, but this period may be extended by the Commissioner to 18 months if at the end
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
showing that he is likely to become an efficient policeman ; (b) a Guard shall receive his first increment at the end
one year or at such later date as his appointment may be confirmed, and all subsequent increments shall, subject to paragraph (c)
these conditions, be granted on his completing 2 years, 3 years, and so on, reckoned from the date
his first appointment ; (c) a Guard serving in the Detective Branch who has completed his period
probationary service, may, at the discretion
the Commissioner, be granted a special advance
two increments in the ordinary scale while he continues to serve in that Branch. 6. Superintendents serving in the Dublin Metropolitan Division shall be entitled to the following scale
pay in lieu
that set out in Article 4
this Order :— On appointment £793 per annum After one year from appointment £830 " " two years " £867 " " three years " £903 " " four years " £940 " " five years " £976 " " six years " £1,013 " " seven years " £1,034 " If a Superintendent is transferred from the Dublin Metropolitan Division, the Minister may, if the transfer is not by way
disciplinary punishment, authorise him to retain as a personal scale the scale to which he was entitled prior to such transfer. 7. The Deputy Commissioner who formerly served as Commissioner
the Dublin Metropolitan Police shall, while he continues to hold the
fice
Deputy Commissioner, be entitled to a personal salary
£1,855 per annum. 8. Every member
the Force serving as such at the commencement
this Order shall enter the scale
pay appropriate to him in accordance with this Order with benefit
increments appropriate to his period
service in his existing or in a higher rank, and his incremental date shall remain unchanged. 9. When a member
the Force has been reduced in rank, the period
his previous service in any higher rank may be reckoned for the purpose
increment
pay in the rank to which he has been reduced. 10. When a member
the Force (having completed his period, if any,
probationary service) resigns and is subsequently allowed to rejoin the Force, the Minister may, on the recommendation
the Commissioner, allow the previous service
such member to be reckoned either in whole or in part as he may think fit for the purposes
pay after rejoining. 11. When a member
the Force (having completed his period, if any,
probationary service) is dismissed and is subsequently reinstated in the Force, the Minister may, on the recommendationof the Commissioner, and subject to the sanction
the Minister for Finance, allow the previous service
such member to be reckoned either in whole or in part as he may think fit for the purposes
pay after reinstatement. 12.—
or reference to the 1920 Order contained in the 1922 Order (except in Article 2 thereof) shall, in its application to any member
the Force to whom the 1922 Order applies, be construed and take effect as a mention
or reference to this Order, and the reference in Article 2
the 1922 Order to paragraph 2
the Schedule to the 1920 Order shall be construed as including a reference to paragraph (a)
this Order. 13. The pay prescribed in this Order shall be subject— (a) in every case to a pension deduction at the rate
two and one half per cent ; (b) to deductions in respect
disciplinary fines, mess debts and public property lost, destroyed or damaged ; (c) to such stoppages in respect
periods
illness, absence without leave, or suspension as may be prescribed by the Minister with the concurrence
the Minister for Finance. 14. Articles 4 to 14
the Garda Síochána Pay (No. 2) Order, 1951 ( S.I. No. 408
1951 ), and Article 3
the Garda Síochána Pay Order, 1952 ( S.I. No. 265
1952 ), shall cease to have effect subject to the following provisions :— (a) any authorisation granted or continued in force as if it were granted under Article 6
the Garda Síochána Pay (No. 2) Order, 1951, shall continue in force as if it were granted under Article 6
this Order : (b) any provisions prescribed or continued in force as if they were prescribed under paragraph (c)
the Garda Síochána Pay (No. 2) Order, 1951, shall continue in force as if they were prescribed under paragraph (c)
this Order. GIVEN under my
ficial Seal this 27th day
June, 1953. (Signed) GERALD BOLAND, Minister for Justice. I hereby sanction the foregoing Order. GIVEN under my
ficial Seal this 30th day
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