While GRA ‘respects’ Drew Harris for honouring commitment to reinstate pre-Covid rosters, representative body says population is rising while garda numbers are dropping
Ronan Slevin said the roster would see a return to six consecutive days of 10-hour shifts followed by four days off in a 10-week cycle. Photograph: Conor Ó MearáinDeputy general secretary Ronan Slevin of the Garda Representative Association has said that a special executive meeting will take place later this week to decide what action will be taken in response to the decision by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to honour a commitment to revert to pre-Covid rosters.
Recruitment had not increased garda numbers to the levels required, which was leading to concerns about resources to equip a fifth unit for rosters, he added. Mr Slevin explained that the roster would see a return to six consecutive days of 10-hour shifts followed by four days off in a 10-week cycle. “But times have changed since then. As I said, the numbers of gardaí have continued to decline. The numbers in society continue to rise and we don’t believe that there is enough guards there currently, to make five units out of four, and it’s going to affect the welfare and safety of our members when they’re working,” he said.
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