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OVERTIME FOR MEMBERS of An Garda Síochána is to be capped across the country, it emerged tonight.
A new directive released to gardaí states that overtime is to be strictly restricted to budget going forward in a bid to stem costs.
The first five months of 2018 saw such work run over-budget in the force by nearly €12 million.
“Each district, division, and region must take measures to ensure that no overtime is approved which will exceed the relevant budgetary allocation in that roster,” a memo from the Garda executive states.
In the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR), each member will see their overtime capped at 50 hours per roster (each of which runs roughly along the same lines as a calendar month).
“Only in exceptional circumstances and with the express permission of the divisional officer, subject to health and safety considerations/working time agreements, can a member exceed this 50 hour cap in any one roster,” a missive distributed to the DMR states.
It’s understood that the cap will see overtime denied for back office and administrative functions.
“Careful management of time and adttendance should take place to ensure that annual leave and rest days are not being taken to maximise overtime payments,” a memo from the Garda executive reads.
An Garda Síochána has been contacted for comment on this matter.
It emerged last December that one Garda was paid €68,641 in overtime for the first 11 months of 2017.
Almost €107 million was spent on Garda overtime in total for the first 10 months of last year.
In November 2017 it emerged that no overtime was to be allowed for gardaí whatsoever for the following December – however this plan was later backtracked upon after a deal was struck to pay for that overtime from the 2018 budget.
With reporting by Michelle Hennessy
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You meant leaders dodging questions, didn’t you!
@Adrian: ‘Leaders mumbles’.
Topics that political parties will avoid…
1. The still existence itself, of Irish Water.
2. The still bullied use of meters upon people, the use of them to monitor and charge later.
3. The undemocratic TTIP Treaty being rammed in!
4. The needed constitution change needed to protect more, our natural resources from a privatisation agenda.
5. The rip-off “Service Charges ” being added to rip-off hiked bin charges – suspended only in hope of killing off public anger!
6. The EU Army Ireland was signed quietly to, without a public vote, increasing the state’s militarisation costs and putting it into a weapon arms race more, that is also destroying what’s left of any Irish neutrality!
On a scale of 0-10, where 0 is not paranoid at all and 10 is extremely paranoid, how paranoid are you?
Says the Labour light man. How is Labours way going for you? Felt an awful lot like frankfurts way to me.
I’m amazed they’re finding the time for the dail between their summer holidays and their Christmas holidays. Do they have a mid term break around halloween?
@Adrian most of them are failed teachers so they expect the same holidays
I was walking by the side of the Ambassador cinema on Saturday and heard an almighty screech – it was her waffling to a load of young, gullible libtards about wombs and incubators.
Nauseating stuff.
@Chris: Gullible.. lol
Do they get homework on their first day back?
Just in time to plan Christmas parties and skiing holidays. Nice.
Will the government actually do anything positive this term or at best even answer some questions in the Dail.
When I look at AAA TDs I feel sick. Parasites
Meehole on his feet right now talking like he’s not the person more than anyone else in thsi state who’s propping up this sham.
Rather him prop it up than run it……wait you will tell me SF will win a majority if an election was called!
“We need a real discussion in the Oireachtas” said Kenny
So, when there is something that FG doesn’t want to do we need a discussion (i.e. kick the can down the road), but when it’s something FG does want to do, they just ram it through with no debate.
What a sham our “democracy” is.
I want to know if enda is gonna releashe another inshpiratonal video for mayo for the weekend!
These TDs in the Dail (AND Civil Service) need to grasp a few basic principles of Taxation:-
- Tax must be by consent
- Tax must be progressive … more you can afford more you pay .. PAYE is a good example
- Tax must not be proportional (A Smith 1794!) .. flat tax is not fair tax.
- Tax must not be regressive … poor should not pay more than the rich .. as is the case in Irish Car Tax system, VAT for first time home buyers …
- Tax must be based on ability to pay … not so for LPT, Water Tax … Car Tax … VAT on family homes …
Unless TDs grasp this then political and social instability will continue …
It is like they never left lol.
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