Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1918

Section 1(1).

FIRST SCHEDULE Rates of Pay of County Inspectors, District Inspectors and Constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary

PART I County Inspectors

£400 a year on appointment increasing by £20 a year to £500. In the case of any county inspector appointed to that rank before the 1st day of September 1918, his yearly salary as from that date shall be calculated as if this schedule had been in operation at the time of his appointment.

DISTRICT INSPECTORS.

Class.	Length of Service in Class.	Yearly Pay.
		£
1st class	6 years and upwards	340
	3 to 6 years	315
	Under 3 years	290
2nd class	5 years and upwards	240
	Under 5 years	215
3rd class		190

PART II Constables

Rank.	Length of Service in Rank.	Weekly Pay.
		s.
Head Constable, Major		61
Head Constable	4 years and upwards	60
	Under 4 years	56
Sergeant	4 years and upwards	51
	Under 4 years	49
Acting Sergeant		47
Constable	20 years and upwards	45
	15 to 20 years	43
	11 to 15 years	42
	7 to 11 years	41
	5 to 7 years	39
	2 to 5 years	38
	6 months to 2 years	36
	Under 6 months	31

Section 1(3).

SECOND SCHEDULE Rates of Pay of Constables of the Dublin Metropolitan Police

Rank.	Yearly Pay.
Chief Superintendent	£335 on appointment, increasing by £20 a year to £455 and then by one yearly increment of £5 to £460.
Superintendent	£285 on appointment, increasing by £14 a year to £355.
Inspector	£160 on appointment, increasing by £8 a year to £200.

Rank.	Length of Service in Rank.	Weekly Pay.
		s.
Station Sergeant		58
Sergeant	6 years and upwards	55
	3 to 6 years	54
	Under 3 years	52
Constable	20 years and upwards	48
	15 to 50 years	47
	8 to 15 years	46
	3 to 8 years	44
	1 to 3 years	41
	Under 1 year	39
Supernumerary Constable		32

SPECIAL PROVISIONS

1 The foregoing rates shall extend to inspectors, sergeants of less than six years' service in rank, and constables in the Detective Division. As respects other members of that division the following special rates shall apply :—

Rank.	Pay.
Superintendent	£335 a year on appointment, increasing by £20 a year to £435.
Chief Inspector	£202 a year on appointment, increasing by £8 a year to £242.
Sergeants of six years' service and upwards in rank	58s. a week.
Detective Officer	48s. a week.

2 In the case of a chief superintendent, superintendent, chief inspector or inspector appointed to his rank before the 1st day of September 1918, his yearly pay in that rank as from that-date shall be calculated as if this schedule had been in operation at the time of his appointment.

3 Where a superintendent is appointed to the rank of chief superintendent, his yearly pay on appointment to that rank shall not be less than his yearly pay immediately before his appointment.