Union: Admin officers get €12k less than uniformed gardaí

Administrative staff in Garda stations receive €12,000 less than their Garda equivalents who do the same work, their union has claimed.

The Civil, Public and Services Union has been fighting for equal pay for its members since 1998 with varying degrees of success. Now, as it awaits the outcome of a case in the European Court of Justice, its campaign has received the backing of the European Commission.

In 1998 the CPSU lodged a claim seeking equal pay with uniformed gardaí who were assigned to clerical administration duties. The union said the original cases were taken on behalf of seven clerical officers but since 2006, it has lodged over 7,000 additional claims. It says the gardaí in question receive about €12,000 more, including allowances, than the clerical administrative members for doing the same work.