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1. GARDA SIOCHANA PAY ORDER,
2. I, JAMES EVERETT, Minister for Justice, in exercise

the powers conferred on me by section 12

the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7

1925), and with the sanction

the Minister for Finance, testified by his

ficial Seal affixed hereto, do hereby order as follows :— 1.—

November,

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38

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 Garda Síochána ; the expression " the Force " means the Garda 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 2,398 per annum Deputy Commissioners 1,852 " " Assistant Commissioners 1,644 " " Surgeon—on appointment 1,344 " " After one year from appointment 1,387 " " After two years from appointment 1,431 " " Chief Superintendents : On appointment 1,168 " " After one year from appointment 1,223 " " " two years " " 1,278 " " " three " " " 1,333 " " " four " " " 1,387 " " " five " " " 1,431 " " Superintendents : £ On appointment 778 " " After one year from appointment 817 " " " two years " " 856 " " " three " " " 895 " " " four " " " 934 " " " five " " " 973 " " " six " " " 1,012 " " " seven" " " 1,051 " " " eight " " " 1,090 " " " nine " " " 1,112 " " Inspectors : £ On appointment 639 per annum After one year from appointment. 661 " " " two years " " 683 " " " three " " " 706 " " " four " " " 728 " " Station Sergeants : s. d. On appointment 227/3 "week After one year from appointment 232/10" " " two years " " 238/5 " " Sergeants : On appointment 199/5 " " After one year from appointment 203/11" " " two years" " 208/4 " " " three " " " 212/9 " " " four " " " 217/3 " " " five " " " 221/8 " " Guards : On appointment and during period

training 120/2 " " On completion

period

training 143/9 " " After one year from appointment 147/1 " " "two years " " 150/5 " " "three " " " 153/9 " " "four " " " 157/1 " " "five " " " 160/5 " " "six " " " 163/9 " " "seven " " " 167/2 " " "eight " " " 170/6 " " "nine " " " 173/10" " "ten " " " 177/2 " " "eleven" " " 180/6 " " "twelve" " " 183/10" " "sixteen" " " 187/2 " " "twenty" " " 191/8 " " 5. The scale for Guards in Article 4

this Order shall be subject to the following conditions :— 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, provided that the grant

such special advance shall not increase his weekly pay beyond the maximum

the scale. 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 856 per annum After one year from appointment 895 " " " two years " " 934 " " " three " " " 973 " " " four " " " 1,012 " " " five " " " 1,051 " " " six " " " 1,090 " " " seven" " " 1,112 " " 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 Surgeon in

fice at the commencement

this Order shall, while he continues to hold that

fice, be entitled to a personal salary

£1,610 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 recommendation

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

Part III

the Schedule to the 1920 Order shall be construed as including a reference to paragraph (a)

Article 13

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. Where a member

the Force is accountable to the State for moneys received by him as such member, the rate

pay applicable to him for the time being shall be subject to such reduction as will recoup the State for such moneys over such period as the Minister may appoint. 15. The Garda Síochána Pay Order, 1953 ( S.I. No. 235

1953 ), the Garda Síochána Pay Order, 1954 ( S.I. No. 182

1954 ) and the Garda Síochána Pay (No. 2) Order, 1954, 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 Order, 1953, 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)

Article 13

the Garda Siochana Pay Order, 1953, shall continue in force as if they were prescribed under paragraph (c)

Article 13

this Order. GIVEN under my

ficial Sea this 7th day

February, 1956. (Signed) JAMES EVERETT, Minister for Justice. I hereby sanction the foregoing Order. GIVEN under my

ficial Seal this 9th day

February, 1956. (Signed) GERARD SWEETMAN, Minister for Finance. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government

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