# garda pay
Last year
2022
90% Garda rank and file vote in favour of new Building Momentum pay deal
The deal will mean pay increases of 6.5% over the next 12 months, spread across three increments.
All time
The State is spending millions on the wages of gardaí who have been suspended
“The tax payer should not have to fund any more than is necessary,” said a GRA spokesperson.
The gap between private pensions and public pensions has the government worried
Enda Kenny said Minister Paschal Donohoe will not deal with its strategy for public pay until the Public Pay Commission sends its report.
Government to talk to public sector unions about Garda pay deal
Siptu has deferred its planned industrial action ballot as a result.
Varadkar defends no pay increases for gardaí - saying "it would be unfair"
Meanwhile AGSI president Antoinette Cunningham said that if the strike does happen: “Please ring the government and tell them that it’s their fault”.
Gardaí: Some officers are worse off than people on the dole
Vice President Ciaran O’Neill said people are going into work “barely able to feed their families, juggling what bills to pay”.
Probe launched into allegations of fraudulent garda payment claims
Gardaí said a chief superintendent has been appointed to investigate the claims.
