Expenditure on Garda Síochána to be reduced by €85m - The Irish Times - Fri, Apr 24, 2009JUSTICE: EXPENDITURE ON An Garda Síochána this year is set to fall by €85 million, €70 million more than the Government estimated when the initial budget estimates were published last October.
The government is making some massive cuts but I do not feel that it is the interest of the country to cut the Gardai in this way.
"What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass". Lord Melborne, on Catholic emancipation in Ireland
Its cutting overtime from in excess of 2 million a week to only 1.5 million a week.Originally Posted by Ulster-Lad
Expenditure on Garda Síochána to be reduced by €85m - The Irish Times - Fri, Apr 24, 2009
The government is making some massive cuts but I do not feel that it is the interest of the country to cut the Gardai in this way.
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Training new Garda as there is a recruitment freeze.
Has little impact on Garda on the street.
Cuts will have an impact. Overtime is a required tool in policing. Recruitment freeze will also have an even bigger impact
The initial forecast was a €15 million cut. I assume this had the overtime and recruitment freeze in there. Where is the additional €70 million in cuts coming from?
"What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass". Lord Melborne, on Catholic emancipation in Ireland
Did you even bother to read the article before you posted as it details the 85 million.
Did you read the bit I highlighted in the OP? In the October budget there was a €15 million cut forecast for the Gardai. Now it is €85 million. Do you think this will not effect the frontline Gardai services?
"What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass". Lord Melborne, on Catholic emancipation in Ireland
In short answer No.
So a recruitment freeze won't affect frontline services even with retirements
Indeed. We should still be questioning why we need to lash out 1.5m a week on overtime.
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If it means an end to the practice of shooting fish in a barrell in the run up to Xmas, then I'm all for a reduction in Garda overtime/xmas bonus.
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