Garda management have put forward a set of proposals to the four Garda associations to resolve the ongoing roster dispute around voluntary overtime at a meeting on Friday morning.
They said the proposals followed a series of meetings collectively and individually over the last two weeks between Commissioner Harris and Garda senior management and the Garda associations as part of an intensive industrial relations process to seek agreement on a new roster.
At the meeting on Friday, Garda management put forward a set of proposals that all the Garda associations agreed to bring back to each of their central executives for consideration.
Following this, all parties are due to meet again on Monday, October 9th, 2023.
An Garda Síochána said they will not be commenting on the detail of the proposals until each association has had the opportunity to consider them.
The news comes as Garda management said they were prepared to order members to work overtime if required and has assured the Government the ongoing industrial dispute will not have any major impact on frontline policing.
From last Tuesday, members of the Garda Representative Association (GRA), which represents 11,000 members of the near 14,000-strong force, refused to undertake voluntary overtime.
It will continue every Tuesday until November 10th, when members will withdraw service entirely for the day, a strike in all but name.
The GRA is resisting plans by Commissioner Drew Harris to revert to a pre-pandemic rostering system on November 6th.
The association maintains the old roster will negatively impact policing services and means less time off and allowances for members.
