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Around 36% of An Garda Síochána employees were female in January 2023

CSO statistical release, 14 June 2023, 11am

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AGS Diversity Statistics 2023 Tables

The below set of tables are compiled using data from the AGS PxStat Tables. Please refer to Background Notes for further information relating to AGS organisational structure and division names.

Table 1: AGS Diversity Statistics 2023 by Organisational Structure Level 1

Table 2: AGS Diversity Statistics 2023 by Organisational Structure Level 2 - Deputy Commissioner Policing and Security

Table 2: AGS Diversity Statistics 2023 by Organisational Structure Level 2 - Deputy Commissioner Policing and Security^1,2,3,4
	AC GNCSIS	AC OSC	AC DMR	AC ER	AC NWR	AC RPCE	AC SR	CIO & DC & P&S	All AGS Employees	Census 2016 General Population
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Sex
Female	24	29	31	36	36	63	35	64	36	51
Male	76	71	69	64	64	37	65	36	64	49

Age
20-29	2	2	17	9	6	7	5	4	9	12
30-39	17	18	36	31	28	17	26	21	28	16
40-49	47	48	32	40	43	42	47	33	40	14
50-59	31	29	13	17	19	28	18	31	20	12
60 years and over	5	3	3	3	4	6	3	11	4	18

Ethnicity
White Irish	99	99	97	99	99	98	99	97	98	82
White Irish Traveller	..	0	..	..	..	0	0	0	..	1
Any other white background	..	..	2	..	1	2	..	2	1	10
Black or black Irish – African	0	0	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Black or black Irish - Any other black background	0	0	..	..	0	0	0	..	..	0
Asian or Asian Irish – Chinese	0	..	0	..	..	0	0	..	0	0
Asian or Asian Irish - Any other Asian background	0	0	0	..	..	0	0	..	..	2
Other including mixed background	..	..	0	..	..	0	..	..	0	2

Nationality
Irish	90	97	91	98	93	99	98	97	98	87
Non-Irish	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	2	11
No nationality (including not stated)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0	0	2

Religion
Roman Catholic	92	90	89	94	95	92	94	88	89	78
Church of Ireland (incl. Protestant)	..	..	..	..	..	0	..	..	1	3
Presbyterian	0	0	0	0	0	0	..	0	..	1
Methodist, Wesleyan	..	0	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	0
Jewish	..	..	..	0	0	..	0	0	..	0
Other stated religion (nec)	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	6
No religion	6	7	7	3	3	6	3	8	8	10

Disability
Yes	3	4	4	4	3	6	4	9	4	13.5
No	97	96	96	96	97	94	96	91	96	86.5
..' Indicates a cell number < 5 or a cell number < 5 can be identified.
¹ Table includes data from Garda Employee Management Systems (GEMS) as of January 2023.
² 'Not Stated' values are grossed up for Ethnicity and Religion.
³ All employee nationalities are found through data linking using protected identifer keys (PIK)
⁴ Employees working in Chief Information Officer (CIO) were combined with employees working in DC & P & S in line with Statistical Disclosure Controls (SDC).

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Table 3: AGS Diversity Statistics 2023 by Organisational Structure Level 2 - Chief Administrative Officer

Table 4: AGS Diversity Statistics 2023 by Organisational Structure Level 2 - Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner Strategy, Governance and Performance

Table 4: AGS Diversity Statistics 2023 by Organisational Structure Level 2 - Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner Strategy, Governance and Performance ^1,2,3,4,5
	AC G&A	ED Strategy and Transformation and DC SGP	Commissioner and Director of Corporate Communications	All AGS Employees	Census 2016 General Population
	%	%	%	%	%
Sex
Female	41	53	42	36	51
Male	59	47	58	64	49

Age
20-29 years	9	13	..	9	12
30-39 years	14	26	28	28	16
40-49 years	56	27	43	40	14
50-59 years	19	25	23	20	12
60 years and over	3	9	..	4	18

Ethnicity
White Irish	97	93	99	98	82
White Irish Traveller	0	0	0	..	1
Any other white background	..	..	..	1	10
Black or black Irish - African	0	0	0	0	1
Black or black Irish - Any other black background	..	..	..	..	0
Asian or Asian Irish - Chinese	0	0	0	0	0
Asian or Asian Irish - Any other Asian background	0	0	0	0	2
Other including mixed background	..	..	..	0	2

Nationality
Irish	97	89	99	98	87
Non Irish	..	..	..	3	11
No nationality (including not stated)	..	..	..	0	2

Religion
Roman Catholic	90	85	84	89	78
Church of Ireland (incl. Protestant)	..	..	0	1	3
Presbyterian	0	0	..	..	1
Methodist, Wesleyan	0	0	0	..	0
Jewish	..	..	..	..	0
Other stated religion (nec)	..	1	1	1	6
No religion	8	12	13	8	10

Disability
Yes	5	16	10	4	14
No	95	84	90	96	87
..' Indicates a cell number < 5 or a cell number < 5 can be identified.
¹ Table includes data from Garda Employee Management Systems (GEMS) as of January 2023.
² 'Not Stated' values are grossed up for Ethnicity and Religion.
³ All employee nationalities are found through data linking using protected identifier keys (PIK).
⁴ Employees working in ED Strategy and Transformation were combined with employees working in DC SGP in line with Statistical Disclosure Controls (SDC).
⁵ Employees working in Commissioner were combined with employees working in Director of Corporate Communications in line with Statistical Disclosure Controls (SDC).

Open in Excel: Diversity in An Garda Síochána 2023 - Table 4 (XLS 12KB)

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Table 1: AGS Diversity Statistics 2023 by Organisational Structure Level 1 ^1,2,3
	Deputy Commissioner Policing and Security	Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)	Commissioner & Deputy Commissioner Strategy, Governance and Performance	All AGS Employees	Census 2016 General Population
	%	%	%	%	%
Sex
Female	35	60	44	36	51
Male	65	40	56	64	49

Age
20-29	9	8	8	9	12
30-39	29	14	22	28	16
40-49	40	35	43	40	14
50-59	19	32	23	20	12
60 years and over	4	10	4	4	18

Ethnicity
White Irish	98	96	97	98	82
White Irish Traveller	..	0	0	..	1
Any other white background	1	..	2	1	10
Black or black Irish – African	..	0	..	0	1
Black or black Irish - Any other black background	..	..	..	..	0
Asian or Asian Irish – Chinese	0	0	0	0	0
Asian or Asian Irish - Any other Asian background	0	0	0	0	2
Other including mixed background	0	0	..	0	2

Nationality
Irish	97	93	95	98	87
Non-Irish	3	6	..	3	11
No nationality (including not stated)	0	0	..	0	2

Religion
Roman Catholic	92	91	88	89	78
Church of Ireland (incl. Protestant)	1	1	..	1	3
Presbyterian	0	0	0	..	1
Methodist, Wesleyan	0	0	0	..	0
Jewish	0	0	..	..	0
Other stated religion (nec)	1	1	1	1	6
No religion	6	7	9	8	10

Disability
Yes	4	7	9	4	13.5
No	96	93	91	96	86.5
'..' Indicates a cell number < 5 or a cell number < 5 can be identified
¹ Table includes data from Garda Employee Management Systems (GEMS) as of January 2023
² All employee nationalities are found through data linking using protected identifier keys (PIK)
³ Employees working in Commissioner were combined with employees working in Deputy Commissioner Strategy, Governance and Performance in line with Statistical Disclosure Controls (SDC).

Table 3: AGS Diversity Statistics 2023 by Organisational Structure Level 2 - Chief Administrative Officer^1,2,3,4
	ED Legal with Chief Medical Officer with CAO	ED Finance and Services	ED HR & PD	All AGS Employees	Census 2016 General Population
	%	%	%	%	%
Sex
Female	53	69	59	36	51
Male	47	31	41	64	49

Age
20-29	21	9	7	9	12
30-39	15	19	13	28	16
40-49	31	19	39	40	14
50-59	26	38	31	20	12
60 years and over	7	15	9	4	18

Ethnicity
White Irish	97	98	95	98	82
White Irish Traveller	0	0	..	..	1
Any other white background	0	..	4	1	10
Black or black Irish – African	..	..	0	0	1
Black or black Irish - Any other black background	..	..	..	..	0
Asian or Asian Irish – Chinese	0	0	0	0	0
Asian or Asian Irish - Any other Asian background	0	0	0	0	2
Other including mixed background	0	0	..	0	2

Nationality
Irish	99	97	94	98	87
Non-Irish	..	..	6	2	11
No nationality (including not stated)	..	..	0	0	2

Religion
Roman Catholic	87	85	89	89	78
Church of Ireland (incl. Protestant)	..	0	..	1	3
Presbyterian	0	..	0	..	1
Methodist, Wesleyan	0	0	0	..	0
Jewish	0	..	..	..	0
Other stated religion (nec)	..	..	..	1	6
No religion	..	10	7	8	10

Disability
Yes	..	9	7	4	13.5
No	..	91	93	96	86.5
..' Indicates a cell number < 5 or a cell number < 5 can be identified.
¹ Table includes data from Garda Employee Management Systems (GEMS) as of January 2023.
² 'Not Stated' values are grossed up for Ethnicity and Religion.
³ All employee nationalities are found through data linking using protected identifier keys (PIK).
⁴ Employees working inED Legal and Chief Medical Officer were combined with employees working in CAO in line with Statistical Disclosure Controls (SDC).