Gardaí have been told they will not be given priority Covid-19 testing, according to the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors.
The AGSI says it's deeply disappointed at the decision after management told the Policy Authority on April 20th that there would be priority testing.
The AGSI represents almost 2,500 mid-ranking Gardaí and its general secretary, Antoinette Cunningham, says its members have been deliberately targeted during the Covid-19 crisis.
"We're the public face of making sure the virus does not spread, I think everybody would acknowledge that.
"Between April 8th and May 2nd we've had 52 cases of people coughing or deliberately spitting at members of An Garda Síochána.
"For those people priority testing would hugely helpful in reducing the stress level, and unfortunately at the moment they have to find their way through their own GP, and wait significant amounts of time for tests and test results.
"And that for us is unacceptable."
