Garda Recruitment 2022/2023

I’ll play the devils advocate here for the craic. Gardai are generally paid fairly well from what I gather. Maybe not paid enough for what they do. Serving Gardai can correct me on this , but from my own research, you would generally add on 25%-30% to the base pay(allowances and overtime), especially in Dublin where there should be a decent amount of overtime at the moment. Also might be worth noting a further 10% pay rise might be on the cards for base pay depending on how this public pay talk deal works out.

So if you were at the very bottom of the pay scale starting out at 35500 a year, you could be looking at making 45000 a year if you done a fair bit of overtime. Not many grad programs would be offering that. At the same time , you will have a lot more expected of you (tougher working conditions, responsibilities, working nights , stress , seeing bad things ect.). Most of the GRA complaints are about working conditions and resources, as apposed to the pay.

If you have a degree you can skip 3 points up the pay scale after probation. The pay will also increase year.

There are also public job mortgage providers who can also count overtime and allowances for you mortgage.

Id also argue that very few single people are able to afford a home in this climate. You would want to be on over 100k to afford a decent house in Dublin as a single person (around 400k).

Also a Gaurd in Leitrim makes the same base pay as a Guard in Dublin , so if you can move to a low cost of living area it might also work out well.

It’s not a job for getting rich by any means , but most Guards I know are financially comfortable.

"It’s not a job for getting rich by any means , but most Guards I know are financially comfortable."

If they are single, they cant be as they wont own a house and not owning a house in our culture makes you a poor. Your dead money so you cant be comfortable.

Leitrim etc is fine if you come from there, if your from Dublin your family will tell you its no life and shame you if you move away (unless you emigrate thats much more acceptable)

It's not for the money people want to join. It's a vocation lol.

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That’s the base pay. Allowances and overtime are separate and would be added on to that. You would be looking at adding around an extra 20% to base pay. Give or take as it depends on overtime worked.

Here is some information on allowances from the GRA , but it’s a bit outdated. But it will give you a rough idea.

https://www.gra.ie/documents/PayScales.pdf

Hi folks, can someone help me out to get added to the WhatsApp group for April? Got the email there last week. Thanks!

Hi everyone just wondering is there still a chance I get get accepted for the intake date in April even tho is it’s the 20th of march and does anyone know how long it takes for them to get in contact as they told me 4 weeks and that was in January.

The super intendent told me 4 weeks roughly and I know a girl who got 4 days notice to go the college

Well that’s good to hear that I’m not the only one waiting the same amount of time thank you

The start date for the next intake is apparently the 8th of April.

hi just got results from my stage 1 and expect to be called to an interview in the near future. I’m just panicking now as during my application I left out a few jobs that I had I don’t remember why I did this or if they only wanted 3-4 but I left out some while I was young will they ask about this during the interview do a check on my employment history if I was to go any further ?

Not really an issue - I forgot one and I mentioned it accidentally in my interview and she just made a note of it!

Hi , I’m from 2023 campaign, I met the superintendent and looks the vetting is taking long, I emailed HR but had no response, which way did you contacted them?

How long are you waiting on vetting? I’m 2023 and waiting since start of October.

You can ring Garda hr on (01) 666 2571