Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na Pay Order, 1956.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: —(1) This Order may be cited as the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na Pay Order, 1956.
(2) This Order shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1955.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
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paragraphs: In this Order—
the expression the Minister " means the Minister for Justice ;
the expression the Commissioner " means the Commissioner of the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na ;
the expression " the Force " means the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na.
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paragraphs: Subject to the provisions of this Order the pay of members of the Force shall be in accordance with the following rates and scales :
£
The Commissioner
2,398 per annum
Deputy Commissioners
1,852 " "
Assistant Commissioners
1,644 " "
Surgeon—on appointment
1,344 " "
After one year from appointment
1,387 " "
After two years from appointment
1,431 " "
Chief Superintendents :
On appointment
1,168 " "
After one year from appointment
1,223 " "
" two years " "
1,278 " "
" three " " "
1,333 " "
" four " " "
1,387 " "
" five " " "
1,431 " "
Superintendents :
£
On appointment
778 " "
After one year from appointment
817 " "
" two years " "
856 " "
" three " " "
895 " "
" four " " "
934 " "
" five " " "
973 " "
" six " " "
1,012 " "
" seven" " "
1,051 " "
" eight " " "
1,090 " "
" nine " " "
1,112 " "
Inspectors :
£
On appointment
639 per annum
After one year from appointment.
661 " "
" two years " "
683 " "
" three " " "
706 " "
" four " " "
728 " "
Station Sergeants :
s.
d.
On appointment
227/3 "week
After one year from appointment
232/10" "
" two years " "
238/5 " "
Sergeants :
On appointment
199/5 " "
After one year from appointment
203/11" "
" two years" "
208/4 " "
" three " " "
212/9 " "
" four " " "
217/3 " "
" five " " "
221/8 " "
Guards :
On appointment and during period of training
120/2 " "
On completion of period of training
143/9 " "
After one year from appointment
147/1 " "
"two years " "
150/5 " "
"three " " "
153/9 " "
"four " " "
157/1 " "
"five " " "
160/5 " "
"six " " "
163/9 " "
"seven " " "
167/2 " "
"eight " " "
170/6 " "
"nine " " "
173/10" "
"ten " " "
177/2 " "
"eleven" " "
180/6 " "
"twelve" " "
183/10" "
"sixteen" " "
187/2 " "
"twenty" " "
191/8 " "
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paragraphs: The scale for Guards in Article 4 of this Order shall be subject to the following conditions :—
A Guard serving in the Detective Branch who has completed his period of probationary service, may, at the discretion of the Commissioner, be granted a special advance of two increments in the ordinary scale while he continues to serve in that Branch, provided that the grant of such special advance shall not increase his weekly pay beyond the maximum of the scale.
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paragraphs: Superintendents serving in the Dublin Metropolitan Division shall be entitled to the following scale of pay in lieu of that set out in Article 4 of this Order :—
£
On appointment
856 per annum
After one year from appointment
895 " "
" two years " "
934 " "
" three " " "
973 " "
" four " " "
1,012 " "
" five " " "
1,051 " "
" six " " "
1,090 " "
" seven" " "
1,112 " "
If a Superintendent is transferred from the Dublin Metropolitan Division, the Minister may, if the transfer is not by way of disciplinary punishment, authorise him to retain as a personal scale the scale to which he was entitled prior to such transfer.
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paragraphs: The Surgeon in office at the commencement of this Order shall, while he continues to hold that office, be entitled to a personal salary of £1,610 per annum.
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paragraphs: Every member of the Force serving as such at the commencement of this Order shall enter the scale of pay appropriate to him in accordance with this Order with benefit of increments appropriate to his period of service in his existing or in a higher rank, and his incremental date shall remain unchanged.
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paragraphs: When a member of the Force has been reduced in rank, the period of his previous service in any higher rank may be reckoned for the purpose of increment of pay in the rank to which he has been reduced.
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paragraphs: When a member of the Force (having completed his period, if any, of probationary service) resigns and is subsequently allowed to rejoin the Force, the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, allow the previous service of such member to be reckoned either in whole or in part as he may think fit for the purposes of pay after rejoining.
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paragraphs: When a member of the Force (having completed his period, if any, of probationary service) is dismissed and is subsequently reinstated in the Force, the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, and subject to the sanction of the Minister for Finance, allow the previous service of such member to be reckoned either in whole or in part as he may think fit for the purposes of pay after reinstatement.
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paragraphs: —(1) In this Article—
the expression " the 1920 Order " means the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pay Order, 1920 ;
the expression " the 1922 Order " means the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922.