Colleagues, AGSI HAS NOT RETURNED TO PAY TALKS It has come to notice that AGSI is rumoured to have returned to pay talks on Croke Park. This is entirely false. AGSI has not returned to Croke Park / Extension talks or briefings or negotiations. Nor is AGSI involved in ANY talks with Garda Management on this matter. We […]
AGSI Clarify Misleading Comments by Minister Shatter on Station Closures – Comments by General Secretary John Redmond. “A statement today by Minister for Justice Alan Shatter that 60,000 hours of patrolling will be provided as a direct result of 100 Garda Station closures is simply not true. It is the case in fact, that […]
Below are a series of links to articles and interviews this week referencing the AGSI and the Croke Park extension talks. The Journal.ie reports “AGSI Demands Action Not Words from Noonan over Garda Pay Talks” Read the article here. Irish Examiner reports that “AGSI Rule Out a Return to Croke Park Negotiations” Read the […]
AGSI Respond to Minister Noonan’s Intervention on Pay Talks “The Government and Garda Management are united in cutting pay and allowances despite the Finance Minister’s intervention on the matter suggesting that the Government will compromise. That’s according to General Secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI). “I welcome reported comments by Minister […]
“The closure of 95 Garda Stations this week is a crime against rural Ireland. And to add insult to injury Minister Shatter launches a Community Crime Prevention Programme booklet on the same day over 90 rural stations close their doors for the last time.” That’s according to John Redmond, General Secretary of the Association of […]
AGSI is now planning its participation in the upcoming ICTU Anti-Austerity March in Dublin next Saturday 9th February. We are asking all members and indeed members of their family to come along and support our campaign to protect pay and conditions. AGSI members have taken significant cuts as well as contributing to savings to the […]
RTE Morning Ireland General Secretary of AGSI John Redmond spoke to Cathal MacCoille on today’s Morning Ireland show on RTÉ Radio 1 this morning. Mr. Redmond was speaking on proposal to cut the Garda payroll bill by €60 million. Listern to the interview here.
The GRA Life Assurance Scheme is open to members of all ranks and most AGSI members are members of this scheme. At the GRA conference this year a motion was adopted which makes membership of a representative association (i.e. AGSI, GRA etc.) a condition for membership of the scheme. Colleagues should remind newly-promoted sergeants, and […]
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, in a pre-Budget submission to Finance Minister Michael Noonan, has called for and extension of the February deadline for members to retire with pensions and gratuity paid under 2009 salary rates. The association has also called for more resources to deal with white collar crime, for finance to be provided for IT […]
