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1. PAY Notes

1

!at Conference directs the National Executive to call on the Minister to have the reductions imposed on Garda pay and allowances due to austerity measures reinstated.

GALWAY

PASSED

2

!at Conference directs the National Executive to call on the Minister to abolish the Universal Social Charge.

KERRY

PASSED

3. ALLOWANCES

PASSED3

!at Conference directs the National Executive to immediately meet the Garda Commissioner and advocate for him to make representation at Government level for the sanction and issue of a supplementary budget to end the unmerited practice of what is the now regular failure by our Government to pay the accumulated allowances earned within the eleventh pay period of the calendar year and to once and for all to sort out the member’s "nal allowance pay of the year.

CORK CITY / TIPPERARY/ WATERFORD

4. PENSIONS

PASSED4

!at Conference directs the National Executive to urge Garda Management and the Minister for Justice to outline clearly what the position regarding pensions is for members who retire a#er 31st August 2014. !is clari"cation to be made well in advance of that date.

CORK NORTH

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4. PAY continued Notes

5!at Conference directs the National Executive to seek the immediate abolition of the Pension Levy

WICKLOWPASSED

6. TRAINING

Motion remitted 6

!at Conference directs the National Executive to call on the Commissioner to have the current practice of deploying and allocating newly promoted sergeants before they undergo role speci"c training ceased forthwith and that newly promoted sergeants should not be allocated to roles other than section sergeants.

DMR NORTH CENTRAL

Amendment:

Add the words “and Inspectors” a#er the word sergeants on the third line.

CORK NORTH

8. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF SERGEANTS & INSPECTORS

PASSED7

!at Conference directs the National Executive to seek to have (i) the terms of Code 3.8 Rank and Role Responsibilities of Sergeants rescinded, and (ii) a new de"nition of the functions of Sergeants published in order to have the roles and responsibilities of each Sergeant/ Sergeant In Charge post clearly de"ned.

LAOIS/OFFALY/ WESTMEATH /CAVAN-MONAGHAN

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8. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF SERGEANTS & INSPECTORS continued Notes

8

!at Conference directs the National Executive to call on the Commissioner to ensure that the primary role as supervisor is maintained and is not diminished by carrying out functions normally performed by Garda rank.

KERRY

PASSED

9. HOURS OF DUTY AND LEAVE

9

!at Conference directs the National Executive to call on the Commissioner to carry out a medical investigation / assessment/review concerning the prevalence of adverse health conditions on members of An Garda Síochána in their working under the structures of the shi# pattern that is the Westmanstown Roster as made under the Working Time Agreement, that the "ndings of same will be reported to the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors and if those "ndings be adverse to the health and welfare of our membership that he take immediate remedial action to o$set those conditions.

WATERFORD/TIPPERARY

Amendment:

A#er the word “conditions” on the last line add the following “such medical investigation/assessment/review to be repeated on a yearly basis for whatever roster is in place and that the !ndings of same will be similarly reported”.

CORK CITY

Amended MotionPassed

10. COMPLAINTS & DISCIPLINE

YES10

!at Conference directs the National Executive to seek to have the con"dential reporting charter as set out in HQ Directive 105/08 reviewed and revised to make it more robust in the protection of genuine whistle blowers in An Garda Síochána.

DONEGAL

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14. TRANSPORT & EQUIPMENT Notes

11

!at Conference directs the National Executive to call on the Commissioner to examine the statistics, with the view to establishing if there is a co-relation between the depletion of tra%c corps personnel and the increase in road fatalities, and address any shortcomings as a matter of urgency.

MAYO

PASSED

12

!at Conference directs the National Executive to demand that the current policy in relation to the pursuit of motor vehicles and deployment of the stinger device would be examined and reviewed to re&ect modern policing requirements.

DONEGAL

PASSED

13

!at Conference directs the National Executive to request the Commissioner to consider Tasers being made available to trained members within the Garda Divisions that have no immediate access to the Regional Support Unit, these members being able to respond to critical incidents.

KERRY

Motion remitted

15. FORCE STRENGTH

PASSED14

!at Conference directs the National Executive to seek to have Garda management conduct an analysis of each Garda division and district to establish if, per head of population/geographical area, there are su%cient Garda resources to meet policing needs within established European and good practice norms, and to publish the results. !is exercise must be carried out to properly resource operations such as operation Acer to meet present day requirements with adequate personnel, equipment and transport.

DMR NORTH/ MAYO/ DMR NORTH CENTRAL

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15. FORCE STRENGTH continued Notes

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!at Conference directs the National Executive to call on the Commissioner, that due to the current shortfall in supervision ratios, there be an increase in the ranks order in the numbers of operational Sergeants and Inspectors and that there is an adequate deployment of members of these ranks on front line policing.

WICKLOW/ MEATH

PASSED

18. ACCOMMODATION

PASSED16

!at Conference directs the National Executive to pursue a commitment from the OPW/Garda Management that all design plans for the building/refurbishment of Garda buildings would be displayed for viewing by all Garda members and civilian sta$ a$ected by such proposals. !at an opportunity would be given to these members/sta$ to submit views/suggestions on the said plans within a de"ned time frame in line with local authority and county council planning procedures currently in place.

SLIGO/LEITRIM

21. SECURITY & LAW REFORM

Amended MotionPassed17

!at conference directs the National Executive to call on the Minister for Justice to introduce legislation to cover the detention of drunk prisoners arrested under the Public Order Act

CAVAN / MONAGHAN

Amendment:

Replace the word “drunk” with “intoxicated” and replace Public Order Act with proper title.

CORK CITY

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23. ASSOCIATION BUSINESS Notes

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!at Conference directs the National Executive to direct the Garda Commissioner to amend Garda Code 11.42 as follows: at 11.42 (1) by removal of the words; ‘in situations where no claims exist against either the State, a third party or under the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts, 1941-45’, at 11.42 (1) (e) by removal of the words, ‘or a voluntary health society.’ and the removal of sub-paragraph (2) (d) in its entirety.

TIPPERARY

PASSED

24. GENERAL MATTERS

PASSED19

!at Conference directs the National Executive to request the Garda Commissioner to discontinue the unfair practice of requesting reports/statements from member(s) of An Garda Síochána against whom a complaint has been made, without "rst informing the member(s) of the nature of the complaint and the identity of the member(s) actually complained of, particularly where a number of members are involved in the incident. (!e practice is very evident where GSOC is instigating an investigation pursuant to Section 98 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and Garda management provides names of members to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.) Garda management must also inform the members concerned that their names have been so provided.

LAOIS/OFFALY / DMR NORTH CENTRAL

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!at Conference directs the National Executive to have Garda Management provide the Garda reserve with a readily identi"able uniform.

CORK NORTH

PASSED

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24. GENERAL MATTERS continued

PASSED21

!at Conference directs the National Executive to call for the establishment of a policing authority which would serve to control, regulate and direct An Garda Síochána in providing a service to the citizens of Ireland.

DONEGAL

22

!at Conference directs the National Executive to seek the Commissioner’s recognition that members of An Garda Síochána are being treated unfairly in comparison with other public servants in that no compensation is being o$ered for costs incurred by members in undergoing work related 3rd level educational courses and to set aside funds in the Garda budget which would assist members in covering some of the costs of these work related courses.

WATERFORD

Amendment:

Replace the word “compensation” with the word “refund of fees”

CORK CITY

Amended MotionPassed

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!at Conference directs the National Executive to negotiate a position where the cost of attendance on members attending criminal trials be removed from the Garda budget and be assigned to the courts service.

MEATH

Motion remitted

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FIRST AMENDMENT

PASSED

Rule 15(f) by insertion of a comma and the word “Trustee” a#er the word “delegates” CORK CITY

SECOND AMENDMENT

PASSED

New Rule 15(h)A member of the Association shall not be a member of the Standing Orders Committee and a Trustee at the same time CORK CITY

THIRD AMENDMENT

PASSED

New Rule 7(e) (vi)A trustee who is elected as a member of the Standing Orders Committee shall cease to be a Trustee from the date of such election. CORK CITY

FOURTH AMENDMENT

PASSED

Article 9Amend article 9 as follows:

Paragraphs (b) and (c) shall become paragraphs (c) and (d) respectively by the insertion in Article 9 of a new paragraph (b):-

(i) Should an extraordinary event occur that prevents the holding of a Branch’s Annual General Meeting in the month of January, the meeting may be postponed to a date not beyond 15th February of that year.

(ii) !e President of the Association and the General Secretary of the Association shall jointly decide on a Branch’s request to postpone an Annual General Meeting to the month of February and both parties must agree on the postponement.

(iii) All functions, actions and decisions of the postponed Annual General Meeting shall be valid as if held in the month of January.

DMR SOUTH

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FOURTH AMENDMENTcontinued

PASSED

Amendment to Constitutional Amendment:Delete proposed new section 9 b (i)

Proposed new Section 9 b(ii) would become 9 b (i) and replacing

“"e President of the Association and the General Secretary of the Association shall jointly decide” with “"e National Executive of the Association shall decide” and delete “and both parties must agree on the postponement”.Proposed new section 9 b (iii) becomes 9 b (ii)

CORK CITY

FIFTH AMENDMENT

PASSED

PASSED

Add the following to Clause 13(g): Notwithstanding the foregoing one emergency motion for the Annual Delegate Conference can be submitted either by a branch or the National Executive at least 24 hours before 5pm on the "rst day of that Conference. Whether the motion so presented will be accepted onto the clar of that Conference will be decided by a majority decision of a council consisting of the Association President, the members of the National Executive, the General Secretary and the Deputy General Secretary and on their satisfaction that such a motion was passed at a duly convened meeting of the proposing branch. Notice of such a motion when accepted will be circulated to each Delegate present at Conference before its presentation on the order of business of conference. TIPPERARY

Amendment to Constitutional Amendment:

Replace

“A majority decision of a council consisting of the Association President, the members of the National Executive, the General Secretary and the Deputy General Secretary and” with “the National Executive”.

CORK CITY

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SIXTH AMENDMENT

PASSED

PASSED

Add the following to Clause 13(g): Notwithstanding the foregoing one emergency motion for the Annual Delegate Conference can be submitted either by a branch or the National Executive at least 4 hours before the start of business on either the second day or the third day of that conference but not both. Whether the motion so presented will be accepted onto the clar of that Conference will be decided by a unanimous decision of a council consisting of the Association President, members of the National Executive, the General Secretary and the Deputy General Secretary and on their satisfaction that such a motion was passed at a duly convened meeting of the proposing branch. Notice of such a motion when accepted will be circulated to each Delegate present at Conference before its presentation on the order of business of conference. TIPPERARY

Amendment to Constitutional Amendment:

Replace

“a unanimous decision of a council consisting of the Association President, members of the National Executive, the General Secretary and the Deputy General Secretary and on their satisfaction that such a motion was passed at a duly convened meeting of the proposing branch” with “the National Executive”.

CORK CITY

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Listenership / Circulation

TV & RADIO April 16th April 15th April 14th

RTÉ Radio, Drivetime with Mary Wilson 229,000 499,000

RTE Radio 1 Morning Ireland 449,000 449,000

FM104 News / UTV Radio Stations 219,000 219,000 219,000

Radio Kerry – Kerry Today 86,000

Radio Kerry – News 86,000

RTE Radio 1 News at One 349,000 349,000

RTE Television News at One 662,000 662,000

RTE Television Six One News 662,000 662,000

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Ocean FM News 60,000

KFM News 80,000

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Tipp FM News 60,000

Northern Sound 40,000

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Irish Independent

572,000 572,000 572,000 572,000 572,000

572,000 572,000 572,000

572,000

Irish Daly Star 349,000 349,000 349,000

Irish Times

314,000 314,000 314,000

314,000 314,000

314,000

The Herald299,000

299,000

Evening Echo

14,157 14,157 14,157

14,157 14,157

14,157 14,157

Irish Examiner 215,000 215,000 215,000

Irish Daily Mirror

255,000 255,000 255,000 255,000

255,000 255,000

255,000

255,000

Daily Mail

203,000 203,000 203,000 203,000

203,000 203,000

203,000

The Irish Sun

344,000 344,000 344,000 344,000

344,000

344,000

The Kerryman 14,600

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