S.I. No. 344/1949 - Garda Síochána Allowances Order, 1949.

S.I. No. 344 of 1949.

GARDA SIOCHANA ALLOWANCES ORDER, 1949.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of section 12 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7 of 1925), that the Minister for Justice may, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, from time to time by order regulate and appoint the rates of pay and allowances (including conditions applicable thereto) to be paid to the several ranks and to the several grades of each rank of the officers and men of the Garda Síochána :

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (2) of the said section 12 that before making an order under that section the Minister for Justice shall cause the draft of the order to be submitted to the several representative bodies representing the several ranks and grades of the Garda Síochána who would be affected by the Order when made and shall consider any representations made to him in respect of the draft order by any such representative body :

AND WHEREAS before making this Order the Minister for Justice duly caused the draft thereof to be submitted to the several representative bodies representing the several ranks and grades of the Garda Síochána who would be affected by this Order when made and has considered the representations made to him in respect of the said draft order by such representative bodies :

NOW, I, SEÁN MAC EOIN, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7 of 1925), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, and with the sanction of the Minister for Finance testified by his official seal affixed hereto, do hereby order as follows :—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Garda Síochána Allowances Order, 1949.

(2) The Garda Síochána Allowances (Consolidation) Order, 1947 ( S. R. & O. No. 167 of 1947 ), and this Order may be cited together as the Garda Siochana Allowances Orders, 1947 and 1949.

(3) This Order shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1949.

2. The Garda Síochána Allowances (Consolidation) Order, 1947 ( S. R. & O. No. 167 of 1947 ), is hereby amended as follows :

(a) the table in Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall be substituted for the table in paragraph (2) of Article 5 ;

(b) the table and proviso in Part II of the Schedule to this Order shall be substituted for the table and proviso in paragraph (3) of Article 5 ;

(c) the table in Part III of the Schedule to this Order shall be substituted for the table in paragraph (4) of Article 5 ;

(d) the table in Part IV of the Schedule to this Order shall be substituted for the table in paragraph (7) of Article 5.

SCHEDULE.

PART I

	Absent 5 hours or more and less than 8 hours		Absent 8 hours or more and less than 12 hours		Absent 12 hours or more
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Officers	3	0	4	6	6	0
Other Ranks	2	0	4	0	5	0

PART II

	First 14 nights in any one place		After 14 nights or for the whole period up to 30 nights if the member knew beforehand that his stay would exceed 14 nights		After 30 nights
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Chief Superintendents and Higher Ranks	21	6	18	0	8	0
Superintendents	20	6	17	0	8	0
Inspectors and Station Sergeants	17	6	14	0	6	0
					(7s. for Inspectors when acting as District Officers)

Sergeants and Guards	15	0	11	0	5	0

Provided :—

1. That in the case of an absence of less than 24 hours where the expense of lodging has not been incurred, the night rate of subsistence allowance shall not be payable unless the absence was of not less than 18 hours' duration and covered the period from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.

2. That if the Minister is satisfied as respects any particular case or particular class of cases that the amount of the maximum night rate of allowance is not sufficient to cover the actual expenses incurred, payment may be made of the additional 2s. per night for the first seven nights in any one place.

PART III.

		First 30 nights in any one place		After 30 nights
		s.	d.	s.	d.
Sergeants	}	5	6	3	0
Guards	}

PART IV.

Amount of which the man is in receipt under paragraph (4) or (5) of this Article)		Absent 5 hours or more and less than 8 hours		Absent 8 hours or more and less than 12 hours		Absent 12 hours or more
s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
5	6	—		—		—
3	0	—		1	0	2	0
2	0	—		2	0	3	0
0	6	1	6	3	6	4	6
—		2	0	4	0	5	0

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Justice, this 10th day of December, 1949.

(Signed) SEÁN MAC EOIN.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Order.

(Signed) J. J. McELLIGOTT.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 20th day of December, 1949.