S.I. No. 234/2000 - Garda Síochána (Ranks) Order, 2000.

1. This Order may be cited as the Garda Síochána (Ranks) Order, 2000.

2. It is hereby determined that the Garda Síochána shall be divided into the ranks specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order and that each rank shall consist of not more than the number of members of the Garda Síochána specified in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention of the rank in column (1).

SCHEDULE

Rank of Garda Síochána

Maximum Number of Members of Garda Síochána of each rank

(1)

(2)

1.

Commissioner

1

2.

Deputy Commissioner

3

3.

Assistant Commissioner

10

4.

Surgeon

1

5.

Chief Superintendent

52

6.

Superintendent

180

7.

Inspector

320

8.

Sergeant

2,050

9.

Garda

9,700

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 19th day of July, 2000.

BERTIE AHERN,

Taoiseach

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order prescribes the ranks of the Garda Síochána and the maximum number of members of each rank.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by

section 1

of the

Garda Síochána Act, 1972

(No. 2 of 1972), hereby order as follows:—