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THE ASSOCIATION OF Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has expressed its “deep disappointment” after it said that Garda management won’t push for priority Covid-19 testing for its members.
The AGSI represents almost 2,500 middle-ranking Gardaí and have been in discussions over the last number of weeks with Garda management on progressing this issue on behalf of its members.
Garda management addressed the issue in its meeting with the Policing Authority on 20 April.
The report the Policing Authority reported back to the Minister for Justice and Equality stated:
The Deputy Commissioners confirmed that the organisation has sufficient PPE resources and provided assurance that the matter of priority testing for Garda personnel will be resolved within the next day or two.
At a tele-conference meeting yesterday with Garda management, the AGSI were informed that management were “not progressing” priority testing for members of AGSI.
General Secretary Antoinette Cunningham says the “u-turn” caught the Association by surprise and their members feel “let down” by Garda management.
“We had already informed our members that priority testing would be available.
“The AGSI supports priority testing for our members to ensure capacity in the force at all times and have asked Garda management to review this decision.”
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I’m disappointed 3 families in my estate are going to their second homes every weekend, without anyone turning them back.
@Mary Morrisey: Have you reported them to the Gardaí? If not do it now rather than telling us!
The Gardaí can’t be everywhere.
@Fionn Darland: Get a life
@Mary Morrisey: I am extremely disappointed people do not understand human physiology and the Irish constitution
@Vladimir Macro: give it a rest.
@Vladimir Macro: Save a life.
@Mary Morrisey: Report them.
@michael dunne: Move to China, you’ll fit right in with the communists there
@Mary Morrisey: have you told your neighbours that you disapprove of their recklessness? Or are you just making up a headline to outrage others
@Mary Morrisey: tell the guards your neighbours obviously have no consideration for anyone else return the compliment…
Do I have this straight – Garda MANAGEMENT want priority testing for themselves and not the ordinary Gardai out on the beat or operating checkpoints or whatever???
@Mary Hernandez: that’s what I thought, still not sure that’s not what happened
@Mary Hernandez: Doctors, midwives and nurses don’t even get priority testing- they have to wait like everybody else – seems only RTE “stars” and presumably non-SF politicians are eligible to jump the queue.
@Mary Hernandez: AGSI are looking for testing for their members.
GRA are also looking for testing for their members.
Just 2 different Rep bodies.
@SJF: they do get testing and also the results as soon as possible. I know of a few nurses who got tested and results the following day.
@Mary Hernandez: why worry about the mule, all that matters is that everyone from Sargent rank up is looked after and… protected…
@Mary Hernandez: that’s exactly what I was thinking.. surely members of this rank are more office based? It’s the guys on the street and meeting with the public that need the testing priority not the office workers basically that have less face time… seems odd to me..
The guards in Dublin City Centre have been useless during this. 5 minute traffic stops on Patrick Street twice a day then gone. Not clearing packed parks 2 minutes walk from the biggest station in Ireland. I’ve made complaints about 10 lads with Deck chairs in a city centre park drinking and nobody came. I rang back and was told to get more of my neighbours to complain too so they could do something. Joke shop overtime dossers.
@Thomas Quinn: I meet about 6 checkpoints per day . Not once hae I been asked for my letter. Mostly just look disinterested in my answers and just ticking the box. Seems to be more about visibility than enforcing restrictions… and now the management want priority testing??
Cough or spit into Harris’s or varadkars direction and see how quickly they will be tested….
The gárda are cannon fodder for ffg .
The usual hacks & Shills will be like bugs on a Turd to deflect.
@Justice Mickey: if these are out in public working then it is a disgrace but I doubt many inspectors are walking the beat
@Justice Mickey: cough or spit in my direction and you’ll be tested for a pluse
@Chris Mc:
As it should be Chris.
All Supers and Chief Supers, being appointed by successive FFFG Ministers for Justice, are hardly going to turnaround and say that the Government is not interested in providing adequate public healthcare to frontline public servants.
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