Garda Reserve Recruitment 2024

Cian 3187

Evening all,

Assuming people have watched today's ongoings and was curious to know whether there are folk interested in applying to Garda Reserve recruitment campaign in the coming week?

kaya1

Yes I would be interested. They haven’t had a recruitment for the reserve in years.

Cian 3187

I believe the last recruitment campaign was 2017/2018 which I applied for and interviewed in the public appointment offices but failed to complete the BER form - Mistakes on my part and quite frankly - Disorganised.

It will be interesting to see, their "modern approach to training" and what that implies - Will the training be of a longer duration and what increased powers Garda Reserves will have. They were looking into permitting Reserves to patroll without a full time Garda.

Talks that recruitment will commence in the very near future. . I would have assumed that they would concentrate on the main force recruitment campaign but that doesn't seem to be the case.

All in all, I am delighted to see this campaign get the go ahead. Hopefully we meet along the way and train in Templemore together!

Maybe a WhatsApp group for those who express interest here, may not be a bad idea ?

Have a nice evening.

Cian - Limerick.

VonLuck

Garda Reserve recruitment has opened today. The pay allowance has also increased which is great to hear.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pay-offered-for-garda-reserves-to-be-tripled-under-recruitment-plan-announced-by-justice-minister-helen-mcentee/a1509985655.html

Guffy

Never really considered doing this before today's increase announcement.

Does anyone know if the training counts towards your hours or will you be paid for it?

I assume travel and sub will be available for it too.

Numbersman

Morning all,

Nice to see a new thread up for the campaign. Thinking of going for it myself always had the bit of interest here and there for Gardai and policing work but now with the campaign I’m certainly mulling it over a bit more in my head.

I’ve seen from some of the other earlier campaigns people can be waiting years to get their training so that seems a bit off putting but never the less I’m looking over the stage 1 material and trying to learn more about what’s involved.

Not sure if training counts towards hours but might see if I come across that in my review.

Best of luck with yourselfs over the period of the stages and sure who knows may even see ye around again at some point.

ian 21

Do you get paid for trainingof course if you get accepted, considering garda reserve us voluntary and most would have a full time job don't exactly want to be loosing out on 2 weeks wages

VonLuck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122316839#Comment_122316839

Good question. I've no idea, but I would assume it has to either be paid, held on weekends or possibly both. They would loose a lot of applicants if they discovered they would have to sacrifice two weeks of holidays to do the training.

delly

There is no pay for training, but would expect the time is calculated towards your allowance payment. I believe there is weekend training in Templemore, training and other time spent in stations, and this time around I believe some remote training. Nobody is expecting you to give up two solid weeks in a block, but equally if you are talking about being paid for training for a voluntary role you want to do, it might not be the right attitude to have.

VonLuck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122328120#Comment_122328120

My point about it being paid is either it counts towards your "allowance" or that you are compensated for taking a full two weeks off work. I fully appreciate that it's a voluntary role but if a solid two week block of training would be challenging for most to do and figured that they would need to be compensated accordingly to get people interested in taking on the role (assuming it's actually a solid two weeks).

ian 21

Exactly as pointed out here. Your response is a little contradictory it's voluntary so you can't be expected to give up 2 weeks of a job and not be compensated I couldn't imagine this to be the case , we are all trying to figure these things out such smart sarcastic replies don't help

Everyone Has bills to pay and some have kids who need to be looked after aswell if we could afford to be out of pocket for the length of time I couldn't imagine a job would be of much importance

popsmoke

I applied. Hoping to hear back in August. From what I have heard , it's a long process.

ian 21

Does everyone get an interview after the OOM process

gailgo

email of assessment results out today

princeton104

got my results today ! Did anyone else hear from them

Barmanhu

Hi, anyone else get email today? Just wondering about order of merit. Is that nationwide or per county?

Picky owner

I would imagine it's nationwide..

princeton104

nationwide I’d imagine

ian 21

I got 1092 , don't know what happens next anyone any idea?

popsmoke

I got my email today. Starting stage 2 interviews on Monday the 26th of August. I think it's a waiting game now until we get notified for the interviews.

g69wdw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122415907#Comment_122415907

Interviewing oom of up to 198 first. They will interview more then after the first 198 have been interviewed (certain amount won’t pass etc).

positron

From the message:

A candidate's ranking on the order of merit will determine if/when they may be invited to the Stage 2 online Interview. Should you be among those invited, you will receive a message on your publicjobs.ie messageboard. The number of candidates invited to interview will be determined by the number of vacancies received from An Garda Síochána throughout the period of the panel.  

Those placed highest on the OOM will be invited to interview in the first batch, which will begin on Monday 26th August.  This batch is expected to include those candidates placed up to and including place 198 on the OOM.  These candidates will receive a message to their publicjobs messageboard shortly with details about Stage 2. 

Please note that we do not have advance knowledge of the number of vacancies that may arise in any location.  Should further vacancies arise and your place on the order of merit be reached, we will contact you.

You are advised to check your publicjobs messageboard regularly and to set up SMS alerts on your publicjobs profile so you will be informed should you receive a message on your messageboard. publicjobs accepts no responsibility for communication not accessed or received by an applicant. You must ensure that you regularly check your messageboard and access all communications from publicjobs.

An invitation to attend any part of the selection process is not to be taken as implying that publicjobs is satisfied that you fulfil the eligibility criteria for this competition.

VonLuck

A strange way of doing it. You don't know where the first 198 in the OOM have applied for so some rural station in Cork for instance may not be interviewing anyone in the first batch.

How many vacancies are there nationwide by the way?

g69wdw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122416053#Comment_122416053

Not much information been given. No idea how many vacancies. I’m surprised there has been no talk as to how many people have applied

billyhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122416053#Comment_122416053

Wasn't there talk of them needing a 1000 reservists. Not sure how many they currently have but I presume there's a large turnover. It says it here i.e. need 1000 by 2026

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://careerservices.ie/garda-reserve/&ved=2ahUKEwjAraKTpb2HAxUuUkEAHV4uAqYQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2Hvkshpb0Gnjclt-9wWEO6

VonLuck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122416294#Comment_122416294

So they need to hire 650 to get to the 1000 target. I figure if your OOM is between 0-650 you have a decent chance. That's assuming that the applicants' preferred locations are the same as the Gardai staffing requirements in each county!

ian 21

Ann interview will tell all , some people know what is the correct answer on the application there has to be some info on what to expect, I know there is for the education board application there's questions and answers

So there could be a few that wouldn't pass an interview, there could be ideal candidates in the higher numbers but might not get the chance for an interview ?

1000 members seems very low

billyhead

As mentioned some will fail the interview, medical or vetting.

2024_acc_holder

You’d expect some further information it was vague enough.

Would be helpful to know if you ranked overall or in your county .

I don’t think the application asked enough so be great to see everyone at least get an interview

OL16

Ranking must be by number, nationwide. I would imagine. It would be very unlikely its by by County! I hope not!!!! ;-)

OOM 913. Put down Kilkenny as my choice. Wonder what chance I have!?

gailgo

I really hope not I got 167 oom I’m hoping to be called for interview going on what they said the first 198 will be called

Picky owner

I wonder how long it will be until the next batch over 198 on the oom will be called?

I know the first 198 are being called around end of August..

OL16

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122418764#Comment_122418764

Great result. It has to be nationwide. Best of luck.

OL16

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/fafb9-minister-for-justice-helen-mcentee-announces-new-garda-reserve-recruitment-campaign/

and below current numbers by County……

https://www.garda.ie/%21MC26X4

OL16

and apparently, recent update May 2024 there are 329 reserve menbers….. (please see link below re statement by MFJ.

So if that is the case around 700 (for a round figure) would be recruited from the current batch of applicants by end of 2026. Of course, as stated earlier, there will be drop out's from the current applicants; people not taking their application any furtner, not being available for interview, failing interview, failing vetting, failing medical and just loosing intrest. I would think that number could be around 200 but only an 'educated' guess, could be more. Would be intresting to know how many actually applied and how many are on the OOM?

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2024-07-03/128/

Mike_83

I got OOM 419 and haven't received an email yet regarding Stage 2. Wondering how long the wait will be.

Rassie

I got OOM 1036.

Yeah would be great if they release information of how many applied, passed stage 2 etc and which areas the applications were covering.

2024_acc_holder

when you look at the breakdown , they could certainly do with more than 650 recruits

billyhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122420185#Comment_122420185

Batch 3 would be my estimation which could be towards the end of the year or early next year. It all depends on how fast they want to fill vacancies.

VonLuck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122421013#Comment_122421013

Out of curiosity, what is that estimation based on?

billyhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122421064#Comment_122421064

No more then 200 called per batch.

2024_acc_holder

calls on radio for more Garda so who knows might be a couple batches called for interview

not sure how they score the application

Picky owner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122421381#Comment_122421381

Yeah,things could move faster than people think, hopefully.

2024_acc_holder

a lot quicker to train reserves and they will be getting people of all ages with life skills

valuable assets and at a very low cost

So I’d be hopeful all who passed will get an interview

OL16

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122420801#Comment_122420801

True!

Jimmy.1733

Great Thread and some info.
i got my OOM results also but seems a-lot of Reserves in my local station already compared to others of similar size, so not holding to much hope.if anyone goes through to the interview stage 1) best of luck 2) maybe a quick note here of your experience in the interview if possible, be great to get an insight to some of the questions.

2024_acc_holder

You never know you might get lucky - you don’t necessarily get your local station.

positron

From the FAQ:

Will I be based/working at my local Garda Station?
There is a general policy in place where Garda Reserve members are not assigned duties in
his or her immediate neighbourhood, however your place of residence will be considered
when allocated for duty.

2024_acc_holder

Anyone get a mail for interviews ?

gailgo

not yet did you

Jimmy.1733

So how did ye do in stage 1 folks? Were are ye based on the OOM and how many expecting to be called for an interview??? I saw some posts saying their OOM place is well over 1,200 so must have been a nice few applicants…