GRA BALLOT ACCEPTS Public Service Agreement 2010 – 2014    27.08.10
Members of the GRA have voted to accept the terms of the ‘Public Service Agreement 2010 - 2014 (Croke Park Proposals) by a margin of three to one. The Central Executive Committee of the GRA had recommended acceptance of the deal, which guarantees stability in the area of pay, allowances & pensions - in return for agreeing a transformation agenda for the justice sector of the public service. The result of the Ballot was 75% For - 25% Against.
Gardaí back Croke Park agreement   Irish Times  27.08.10 >>
GRA vote to accept Croke Park proposals   BreakingNews.ie   27.08.10 >>
Public Service Agreement 2010 - 2014 (full text) >>.
View facilitator Kieran Mulvey’s clarifications on the Proposals >>

7 Garda cars out of service due to mileage  IRISH EXAMINER  27-08-10
Seven Garda patrol cars have been decommissioned in parts of Co. Cork due to excessive mileage - GRA Vice-President, John Parker and national executive member Mick Corcoran here >>

SHOULD ALL GARDAÍ BE ARMED  NEWSTALK   18.08.10
GRA President Damien McCarthy, in a forty five minute interview, debates the Association’s position on arming all Gardaí and a wide range of issues on Newstalk’s Coleman at Large; voice extracts from GRA Movie; General Secretary P.J. Stone & more. (Interview commences 13 minutes into segment) Listen here >>

GRA REPRESENTATIVE TRAINING SCHEDULE 2010
View details of the Schedule for the Association’s forthcoming Training Seminars for elected Representatives here >>

court, Garda interpreters have no qualification  Irish Times  07.06.10
Hundreds of interpreters working in the courts and for the Garda have no formal ... The Garda Representative Association has also raised concerns over  standards here >>
No quality controls laid down for courts and Garda translators   Irish Times 07.06.10
Tom O’Sullivan, GRA,  says interpreters are not vetted and there is no system to check basic accreditation and language proficiency….

INCOME LEVY / PENSION LEVY CERTIFICATES 2009 03.06.10
Certificates of Deductions of Income Levy for 2009 have issued to all members. This certificate can be treated as a P60, where members feel there may be an overpayment - they may be raised with Revenue for reconciling. Pension Levy Deduction Certificates for 2009 will issue shortly.

Gardai claim cars are unfit for crime fighting  Herald.ie   21.05.10
By Cormac Byrne. GARDAI say they are being forced to drive around in a rickety old fleet of cars, most of which haven't passed the NCT. Members of the GRA ... Ultan Sherlock & Tom Keane comment here >>

PUBLIC SUPPORT GARDAí ON PAY Irish Sunday Independent   02.05.10
The Sunday Independent / Quantum Research Poll was carried out to gauge the public view following Annual Conference 2010, which the Minister for Justice, Dermot Ahern failed to attend due to the address of outgoing President Michael O’Boyce. 66% of those polled believed the Minister should have attended. View the full poll results with detailed analysis here >>

GRA MOVIE - “ANGRY, BETRAYED & DISILLUSIONED”
View the GRA Movie - as premiered at the Annual Conference 2010 and on YouTube. Showing GRA members putting themselves on the line night and day on film while burdened by the worries in the back of their minds about  reduced pay and its impact on their families. View here >>

POLITICAL PRESSURE ON GARDA    Letter to Editor, Irish Times  01.05.10
Dr MICHAEL MULQUEEN, Lecturer, School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication, University of Limerick gives a superb analysis of the “..system of centralised government control of policing” and concludes that “so too are there dangers in political pressure on An Garda Síochána  The latter should not pass without similar scrutiny and comment…” Read his letter in full here >>

ANNUAL DELEGATE CONFERENCE LIMERICK 27th - 28th April 2010
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HOW PAY-CUTS IN BUDGET 2010 AFFECT PAY SCALES
View effects of cuts in Budget 2010 on Garda Pay & Allowances click here >>
View effect of Budget (No. 2) 1st May 2009 here >>

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GRA Mortgage Protection Plan
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Increased Life Assurance Benefits
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