Closing Date

16
Jan
2020
03:00pm

Previous Garda Competition

Assistant Commissioner Competition 2020

The Policing Authority has completed a selection competition for the purpose of making appointments to the rank of Assistant Commissioner in the Garda Síochána. The competition was announced on the Policing Authority website on 18 December 2019. Officers with at least two years at the rank of Inspector in the Garda Síochána or the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) were eligible to apply.

The competition was carried out in accordance with the Authority's functions under section 13 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 relating to appointments to the ranks of Assistant Commissioner, Chief Superintendent and Superintendent, the governing regulations and the Authority’s Statement of Practice for the competition.

The Authority established a panel of candidates based on the Order of Merit determined by the Selection Board for this competition at its meeting of 25 March 2020.

A total of 23 applications were received with a breakdown by gender and organisation as follows:

Applications for Assistant Commissioner in the Garda Síochána Competition
By Gender No. of Applicants By Employing Organisation No. of Applicants By Rank No. of Applicants
Male 18 Garda Síochána 22 Chief Superintendent 22
Female 5 PSNI 1 Superintendent 1
Total 23   23   23