Garda October intake 2018

Shape · 03-09-2018 10:21am

What do people ask when you contact hrm and what information do you need to provide them

deiselad17 · 03-09-2018 10:40am

Shape wrote: »

What do people ask when you contact hrm and what information do you need to provide them

Just ask them is there any update on their file re vetting basically and give them name and that you've all phases past, if you do.

stripmymind · 03-09-2018 4:35pm

I’m still waiting myself, everything completed about 11 months now. I haven’t rang them in a few weeks was just getting the same reply.. little bit of vetting needs a sign off.
Might ring towards the end of the week and see the craic. It’s October or never for me, I’m waiting two years now and I haven’t applied for advancements in my current career due to the thought I’d be leaving, I’m on hold the last year so it’s now or never. If I don’t get it in October this will leave a sour taste in my mouth towards the organisation handling all of this, it’s no individuals fault just the whole set up is truly terrible. I’m praying for October. I’ve wanted to join AGS since I was 17, I was unsuccessful on 2 other occasions I’ve given it everything to get this one and I have, the delay is just two fingers in my face. But maybe things will work out. But this is the final straw for me.
Anyone else here from September 2016 drop me a private message and we can literally set up a what’s app group. Cheers! (:

Hhxxsteph · 04-09-2018 9:41am

Anyone know when offers will be out??

mrDerek · 04-09-2018 9:43am

Hhxxsteph wrote: »

Anyone know when offers will be out??

Nobody knows for sure but the popular opinion is middle of this month so like from the 10th to the 17th.

twoblub · 04-09-2018 10:46am

Hhxxsteph wrote: »

Anyone know when offers will be out??

Care to ring on our behalf and find out? ðŸ˜Ž

JMurphy001 · 04-09-2018 3:38pm

Anybody contact HRM lately for the actually dates for offers ? Must be soon. Starting to get nervous now ðŸ˜€

Eddyrio5 · 04-09-2018 6:51pm

JMurphy001 wrote: »

Anybody contact HRM lately for the actually dates for offers ? Must be soon. Starting to get nervous now ðŸ˜€

Reckon it will be next Friday going by previous offer dates etc.

Hhxxsteph · 05-09-2018 9:06am

Anyone hear in relation to their file being signed off yet ? My vetting is clear just waiting to be signed off.

JMurphy001 · 05-09-2018 9:45am

Hhxxsteph wrote: »

Anyone hear in relation to their file being signed off yet ? My vetting is clear just waiting to be signed off.

From what I heard is they usually get signed off the week of offers and the week before

SO7378 · 06-09-2018 3:31am

I rang a few days ago still vetting oustanding, like whats going on.. at the start they lost my application in my local station... HQ sent it down in january and i only got local meetings like 2 months ago.. so im all done since then..they have all my local info back but theres still other vetting? Its a circus.. come all this way, study, keep fit, train... Feels like its for nothing.

I was told they havent signed anyone off yet and there not at that stage yet.
Anyone have any other info? Im late 300s from june 17

Doyle93 · 06-09-2018 2:35pm

SO7378 wrote: »

I rang a few days ago still vetting oustanding, like whats going on.. at the start they lost my application in my local station... HQ sent it down in january and i only got local meetings like 2 months ago.. so im all done since then..they have all my local info back but theres still other vetting? Its a circus.. come all this way, study, keep fit, train... Feels like its for nothing.

I was told they havent signed anyone off yet and there not at that stage yet.
Anyone have any other info? Im late 300s from june 17

Mate I'm the same, sent away form B in January only had local meets in June 6 months later and now all is done except vetting, it's just the way the process is there's a good load of 2016s left waiting, I'm not waiting for an offer next week, I'll be looking for one in mid December or mid March and we can look forward to all the 2018 campaign candidates wanting to get in on those intakes aswell now. I'm oom low 400s from 2017.

SO7378 · 06-09-2018 3:56pm

Doyle93 wrote: »

Mate I'm the same, sent away form B in January only had local meets in June 6 months later and now all is done except vetting, it's just the way the process is there's a good load of 2016s left waiting, I'm not waiting for an offer next week, I'll be looking for one in mid December or mid March and we can look forward to all the 2018 campaign candidates wanting to get in on those intakes aswell now. I'm oom low 400s from 2017.

I just rang there and they said all my vetting is back and im awaiting senior management sign off, so im assuming thats alot closer than "vetting outstanding" hopefully we will get word.
Id advise ringing and seeing what the craic is lad!

Doyle93 · 06-09-2018 4:33pm

SO7378 wrote: »

I just rang there and they said all my vetting is back and im awaiting senior management sign off, so im assuming thats alot closer than "vetting outstanding" hopefully we will get word.
Id advise ringing and seeing what the craic is lad!

That's great news mate congrats, if you miss an offer next week you'll get one before the year is out surely, there seems to be alot of heads on this saying their vetting has come back in the last week, I rang twice last week emailed Friday and Tuesday with no response I can't be arsed ringing today to be told its outstanding I might ring tomorrow afternoon.

SO7378 · 06-09-2018 4:50pm

Doyle93 wrote: »

That's great news mate congrats, if you miss an offer next week you'll get one before the year is out surely, there seems to be alot of heads on this saying their vetting has come back in the last week, I rang twice last week emailed Friday and Tuesday with no response I can't be arsed ringing today to be told its outstanding I might ring tomorrow afternoon.

Well hopefully, my OOM is around the same as you so id hang in there and to be honest id ring today and check as i sent an email last night and today i just said f##k it il ring them and got good news so do try them today.. so if im awaiting sign off and there not at that stage yet maybe theres a chance?
As ive heard the 2016 crowed are almost done, like not many at all.

Hhxxsteph · 07-09-2018 9:03am

Don’t give up hope just yet guys ye could ring up today and vetting be outstanding but could receive back tomorrow...

Ruffruff · 07-09-2018 1:34pm

Class turned out today. Hopefully offers out next week for october class??? Heard the 15th is the 1st of the weeks for induction.

Ruffruff · 07-09-2018 2:05pm

daibhi.power88 wrote: »

Hi, yeah the 29th Oct is the start date so the two weeks previous are inductions. Fingers crossed ðŸ€žðŸ»

Will they start on a bank holiday monday? Got a stag that weekendðŸ™႒

Ruffruff · 07-09-2018 3:27pm

daibhi.power88 wrote: »

I’m not 100% about that possibly be the Tuesday but they are the dates the college have set for 184 intake.

Do you mind me asking how you know its them dates?

SO7378 · 08-09-2018 12:38am

So i rang HQ today and they confirmed next month but said dates arent 100% yet..

Does anyone know where or how far you get placed from home? My garda refference said its always around and hour away, and a few other new gards i know confirmed that. Anyone worried about getting put really far away.. would be alot finacially to deal with..

SO7378 · 08-09-2018 4:37am

daibhi.power88 wrote: »

I remember reading somewhere that it’s outside a 50km radius of your home address down the country with the exceptions to major cities where it is not applied, but high volumes of new recruits go to Dublin. Quote me if I’m wrong but I am nearly certain I read this Somewhere.

No they dont send all recruits to dublin they used to but not anymore .. the class that just passed out all the towns where they were from and where they have now been stationed were in the paper and i looked up the distance for most of them and they were all 1hourand 10 mins away roughly

FIVE.0 · 08-09-2018 8:40am

SO7378 wrote: »

So i rang HQ today and they confirmed next month but said dates arent 100% yet..

Does anyone know where or how far you get placed from home? My garda refference said its always around and hour away, and a few other new gards i know confirmed that. Anyone worried about getting put really far away.. would be alot finacially to deal with..

I'm not sure why they are confirming that, I know 5 guards that came out of my county (two passed out yesterday) and every one of them got placed alot further than an hour away, with the nearest being just over 2 hours away.
On the finiancial side of things, it would be a lot to deal with if you were stationed in Dublin or Cork I'd imagine. But you do get rent allowance.

I know Id you have a welfare case you can get stationed a bit closer to home, like a child or maybe a mortgage.
And you can always apply for a transfer after a few years.

Uweir32 · 08-09-2018 8:55am

I believe you have to live further than 80km from your station. Which is basically an hour but that doesn’t mean you’ll get that close to your home when starting. I’m currently living in Belfast so anywhere would be a move for me which I’d a bit scary. I’ve read a little about the rent allowance is that included in the €29k? Or extra?

FIVE.0 · 08-09-2018 9:15am

Uweir32 wrote: »

I believe you have to live further than 80km from your station. Which is basically an hour but that doesn’t mean you’ll get that close to your home when starting. I’m currently living in Belfast so anywhere would be a move for me which I’d a bit scary. I’ve read a little about the rent allowance is that included in the €29k? Or extra?

Extra.

Elliot192 · 08-09-2018 9:29am

FIVE.0 wrote: »

Extra.

Really? I thought the rent allowance was included in the 29,699! I thought it was unsocial hours and uniform allowance that was extra. Think those bits come to 3,000 - 3,500 per annum.

FIVE.0 · 08-09-2018 9:33am

Elliot192 wrote: »

Really? I thought the rent allowance was included in the 29,699! I thought it was unsocial hours and uniform allowance that was extra. Think those bits come to 3,000 - 3,500 per annum.

The rent allowance it €4'000 alone. Did you all not learn the pay structure in preparation for your interview lol

Elliot192 · 08-09-2018 9:40am

FIVE.0 wrote: »

The rent allowance it €4'000 alone. Did you all not learn the pay structure in preparation for your interview lol

Hehehe! I did. Must go back and have a re-read. I really thought the rent allowance got included in the 29. Something to do with it counting or not counting towards pension calculations?

Uweir32 · 08-09-2018 1:31pm

I have read over it a few times and honestly couldn’t see where it said it was extra. Lol maybe I need to revise harder

SO7378 · 08-09-2018 2:43pm

FIVE.0 wrote: »

I'm not sure why they are confirming that, I know 5 guards that came out of my county (two passed out yesterday) and every one of them got placed alot further than an hour away, with the nearest being just over 2 hours away.
On the finiancial side of things, it would be a lot to deal with if you were stationed in Dublin or Cork I'd imagine. But you do get rent allowance.

I know Id you have a welfare case you can get stationed a bit closer to home, like a child or maybe a mortgage.
And you can always apply for a transfer after a few years.

Ive looked at the hole list, if you see,thats literally 5/6/7 out of 185 that got slightly longer distances.. so it isnt that bad, i know there trying to improve on keeping people little closer to home especially people with kids etc.
Yeah so the rent allowances would that be a one off payment or monthly? Its only 4k id imagine it being monthly?

mrDerek · 08-09-2018 2:52pm

If your from dublin and you get posted in cork you should count yourself unlucky as most get sent to dublin

Elliot192 · 08-09-2018 3:05pm

SO7378 wrote: »

Ive looked at the hole list, if you see,thats literally 5/6/7 out of 185 that got slightly longer distances.. so it isnt that bad, i know there trying to improve on keeping people little closer to home especially people with kids etc.
Yeah so the rent allowances would that be a one off payment or monthly? Its only 4k id imagine it being monthly?

I think I read on here somewhere that you are paid weekly but the allowances are paid monthly.

thekopend · 08-09-2018 7:14pm

SO7378 wrote: »

Ive looked at the hole list, if you see,thats literally 5/6/7 out of 185 that got slightly longer distances.. so it isnt that bad, i know there trying to improve on keeping people little closer to home especially people with kids etc.
Yeah so the rent allowances would that be a one off payment or monthly? Its only 4k id imagine it being monthly?

Not from my experiences to be honest. A good 70% of recruits up to now have been sent to dublin or near abouts but that will probably decline when numbers increase. Makes more sence to send more recruits most with no ties to dublin so the poor souls who have 5 to 10 years done with wifes and houses down the country can get out. The ammount of people looking to get south and west of the country outweighs the need for many recruits to be sent there. Some intakes have few from the west so it looks like they have all been looked after but let you tell me they are not worried about sending you 3hours from home if needed

If you have a motgage or kids then your chances are better but if not be prepared. Anyone living eastern half of the country will have less of a journey because there is dublin wicklow louth waterford kildare etc loads of places where numbers are sent and most are looked after. Anyone living south or west is less likely to be looked after. A few sent to limerick and galway few to cork, usually the people with welfare etc any young free and singles will get the boot east unfortunately. And tbh if your going to be 1.5 hours away you might aswell be 2.5 hours and be in dublin. Because you wont commute 1.5 on shift work very long you will have to meve anyway and at leased you will have all the benefits of overtime etc in dublin.

Uweir32 wrote: »

I believe you have to live further than 80km from your station. Which is basically an hour but that doesn’t mean you’ll get that close to your home when starting. I’m currently living in Belfast so anywhere would be a move for me which I’d a bit scary. I’ve read a little about the rent allowance is that included in the €29k? Or extra?

Thats rule of thumb not set in stone. Usually you can be stationed anywhere outside your own division starting out provided you dont have a ball of relatives in the division. This is why everyone in dublin gets dublin as there is six divisions. Just to clear up in the last pay deal when rent was given back to recruits it was included into pay. The basic starting used to be 23.5k and with the 4500 rent allowance plus other bits that brought it to 29k. This is your weekly pay. All other allowances night duty weekends etc comes on top of a regular weeks pay once a month called the 'big cheque as it used to come in a cheque separate. This can be work 4,5,6k extra depending on how much overtime and what days you take of etc.

Ruffruff wrote: »

Will they start on a bank holiday monday? Got a stag that weekendðŸ™႒

The induction week is only 4 days long. If it falls on a bank holiday week it will be tuesday to friday as the college is closed on all bank holidays. If a normal week it will be monday to thursday and off friday.

thekopend · 08-09-2018 7:15pm

mrDerek wrote: »

If your from dublin and you get posted in cork you should count yourself unlucky as most get sent to dublin

This wont happen i can assure you. Iv yet to see anyone from dublin sent outside of the area

Hhxxsteph · 09-09-2018 4:55pm

5 days guys first round offers ... don’t know about ye I’m nervous wreck haha

Eddyrio5 · 09-09-2018 5:09pm

Hhxxsteph wrote: »

5 days guys first round offers ... don’t know about ye I’m nervous wreck haha

Same, nervous as. What OOM are you? Are you all signed off?

Hhxxsteph · 09-09-2018 5:23pm

Eddyrio5 wrote: »

Same, nervous as. What OOM are you? Are you all signed off?

In 500s my merit sadly. But still having hope .. not too sure if I’m signed off didn’t check I know when contacted 2 weeks ago I was waiting to be signed off. But I’ve heard that they don’t signed of until the weeks off or the week before.

Crowlers · 09-09-2018 5:32pm

Hhxxsteph wrote: »

5 days guys first round offers ... don’t know about ye I’m nervous wreck haha

You sure it’s next Friday how do you know

now I’m really really nervous. What’s your OOM?

JMurphy001 · 09-09-2018 5:38pm

Hhxxsteph wrote: »

5 days guys first round offers ... don’t know about ye I’m nervous wreck haha

Fingers crossed getting nervous too ðŸ˜ I'm June 17 OM of late 400 rang few weeks ago and they said I was waiting to be signed off. Rang on Friday and was told it's at the last stage final discion ? What ever that means and told me to ring back next week any ideas ?

Eddyrio5 · 09-09-2018 5:53pm

I was told by them offers will go out via email from middle of September. And Going by past intakes the first sets of offers will probably go out this Friday followed by the second set week after. I will be flat out refreshing emails come Friday thata for sure

Eddyrio5 · 09-09-2018 5:58pm

JMurphy001 wrote: »

Hhxxsteph wrote: »

5 days guys first round offers ... don’t know about ye I’m nervous wreck haha

Fingers crossed getting nervous too ðŸ˜ I'm June 17 OM of late 400 rang few weeks ago and they said I was waiting to be signed off. Rang on Friday and was told it's at the last stage final discion ? What ever that means and told me to ring back next week any ideas ?

Last stage is when its sitting with commissioner office awaitng sign off for ‘suitable or generally unsuitable’

Hhxxsteph · 09-09-2018 6:05pm

JMurphy001 wrote: »

Fingers crossed getting nervous too ðŸ˜ I'm June 17 OM of late 400 rang few weeks ago and they said I was waiting to be signed off. Rang on Friday and was told it's at the last stage final discion ? What ever that means and told me to ring back next week any ideas ?

It’s the first time Ive ever heard of that tbh ðŸ˜‚

Doyle93 · 09-09-2018 6:19pm

Vetting is not back yet hopefully a miracle happens in the next week, if not sure its only 95 days until Decembers offers ðŸ˜‚, best of luck to everyone who is in line for an offer and hopefully all you 2016s get put out of your misery.

Hhxxsteph · 09-09-2018 7:03pm

Doyle93 wrote: »

Vetting is not back yet hopefully a miracle happens in the next week, if not sure its only 95 days until Decembers offers ðŸ˜‚, best of luck to everyone who is in line for an offer and hopefully all you 2016s get put out of your misery.

Don’t give up too much for October Intake they could tell you Monday your vetting outstanding but could be cleared on Tuesday you just never know

JMurphy001 · 09-09-2018 7:12pm

Hhxxsteph wrote: »

It’s the first time Ive ever heard of that tbh ðŸ˜‚

She said it's in last stage final discion and she that means successful or unsuccessful
So it's that good or bad ?

Hhxxsteph · 09-09-2018 7:19pm

JMurphy001 wrote: »

She said it's in last stage final discion and she that means successful or unsuccessful
So it's that good or bad ?

I have no idea unfortunately I’m gonna ring tomorrow and see what they say

JMurphy001 · 09-09-2018 7:41pm

Hhxxsteph wrote: »

I have no idea unfortunately I’m gonna ring tomorrow and see what they say

Yeah probably better off hopefully we all get good news this week

Lets hope · 09-09-2018 9:29pm

Is there more offers in december after the october offers ?
when i did my station interviews in june they said probably have good chance for october or else it will be january but im still waiting to get phyiscal date.

Frankgalvin · 09-09-2018 9:43pm

Hoping for an offer on Friday too OOM 500 2016 so fingers crossed! Anyone any tips on what to get ready for when offers come out such as birth certs and all that!?

Eddyrio5 · 09-09-2018 10:33pm

Frankgalvin wrote: »

Hoping for an offer on Friday too OOM 500 2016 so fingers crossed! Anyone any tips on what to get ready for when offers come out such as birth certs and all that!?

2016? You been waiting ages mate. Are there many 2016ers left? You all signed off now? This should hopefully be your time this friday for sure. My fingers all crossed for an offer too. 2017 OOM top 30

Eddyrio5 · 09-09-2018 10:38pm

Lets hope wrote: »

Is there more offers in december after the october offers ?
when i did my station interviews in june they said probably have good chance for october or else it will be january but im still waiting to get phyiscal date.

Yeah should be offers in December for January intake

Garda October intake 2018

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