Waiting Room - 2020

Grassy_Knoll37 wrote: »

Has anyone heard anything from their sources? February 2021 and still no sign of movement on the horizon.

Nope. Absolutely nothing. Beyond depressing. Coming up on two years in the pipeline now. Still can’t understand how Army, Ambulance Service, Firebrigade etc all have kept recruiting and nothing on our front. My guess is the next Intake will be middle of the summer. One thing is for sure ... they certainly will
Not be hitting their recruitment targets.

And before anyone reads this and starts moaning - yes I’m pissed off at the process and I’ve ever right to be annoyed. If your still making excuses for a process taking minimum over two years to hire you well then ..

Won't be anyone getting emails any time soon thats for sure. Still hundreds from previous intakes waiting to finish initial training. They will be priority. Could be summer time at the earliest.

St. Westy wrote: »

Delighted I never ticked the box to allow them to contact my place of work on the form B , imagine your bosses expecting you to leave any time soon, and then it ending up being 1-2 years later lol

Absolutely. I dont mean to sound blunt or horrible, I'm in the same boat as everyone else that's waiting, but, expect to be waiting a lot longer. Getting new recruits in is not their priority in Level 5 of a pandemic. Especially when there are hundreds of student Gardai waiting to finish their initial recruit training.

banjoh_10 wrote: »

Absolutely. I dont mean to sound blunt or horrible, I'm in the same boat as everyone else that's waiting, but, expect to be waiting a lot longer. Getting new recruits in is not their priority in Level 5 of a pandemic. Especially when there are hundreds of student Gardai waiting to finish their initial recruit training.

Totally agree Banjoh. We are definitely not a priorty right now and we will probably have to wait until the vaccine has rolled out the the massess.

However, as applicants, I think we should be entitled to updates and what the plan is going forward. For example, I bought a pair of running shorts on Elverys last month and I received more updates and tracking progress in one month than I have with my AGS career application.

Skipduke wrote: »

trainee gardai getting like 175 euro a week, all working through the pandemic, shows the level of respect they get

I was told that those who were brought out of Templemore for the pandemic went back there on full pay as a result of being attested and given full powers for the periods that they were sent to stations.

HillyMammoth wrote: »

I was told that those who were brought out of Templemore for the pandemic went back there on full pay as a result of being attested and given full powers for the periods that they were sent to stations.

the 201 intake are on full pay and one half of the bunch of students is on full pay, the 202 group but the 203 intake have been treated grossly unfair by managment.

the 202 & 203 intake was supposed to be one full intake of 150 students but instead they split it up into two groups of 75 students with just 3 weeks between them to allow each intake get through templemore on their own but the 202s got attested last week and on full pay where as the 203s are being told it could be summer or autumn before they can return to complete their extra 3 weeks before they can be attested. bare in mind the 203 intake has completed its 32 weeks training since last friday but still remain students on the 164 euro a week.

They went out to stations for 12 weeks last july and are still there 31 weeks later with no powers, no training and no wages.

AD07 wrote: »

With covid are people still hopeful of stuff happening this year?

Don't hold your breath. Id say it could be easily this time next year. Also, public finances wouldn't be the healthiest during Level 5 pandemic.

I passed my interview over a year ago, I just got in touch with AGS about my vetting and I've been told it's still under review.
What exactly are they looking for?
I know it's been delayed because of covid, but I'm now just starting to wonder what the vetting actually consists of.

I've a feeling I'll be finishing out my degree before I even get a whiff of Templemore.

banjoh_10 wrote: »

Any hope of movement in the next while? All stages complete since March 2020.

Templemore opening for trainees 22 March 2021. 18mth backlog with training. 450 to be recruited

CD2020! wrote: »

Templemore opening for trainees 22 March 2021. 18mth backlog with training. 450 to be recruited

Great news, wonder is there many waiting to be called?

Zux wrote: »

Between 600-700 by all accounts.

Does anyone know if the "OOM" still a big factor after the interview process? As I heard there are people that are 800+