Files on union bans for gardaí to be released
The exclusion of Garda groups, the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) and the Garda Representative Association (GRA) from trade union recognition has been a bone of contention for a number of years and both organisations have actively sought the right to join the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
The AGSI made a request to the department on November 26, 2008 for various records concerning the minister’s refusal of permission for the association to affiliate to ICTU.