Garda management is examining ways to reduce the force by over 1,400 officers following a cut of €35m to the garda payroll provision.
The Department of Justice confirmed it has cut the provision, with senior gardaí saying they can no longer pay all 13,400 serving gardaí and maintain existing levels of policing this year.
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan is considering offering career breaks and officers on secondment to other investigative departments in an effort to reduce garda numbers.
The Department of Justice said the garda pay bill would be lower this year because there would be fewer gardaí in the force.
The Commissioner has already said publicly that he would not like to see the numbers in the force drop below 13,000.
There are currently 13,417 serving gardaí and an average of 400 retire or leave each year.
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said there is no question that gardaí will not be properly paid this year despite the cut.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Pat Kenny, Minister Shatter said there will have to be better efficiencies.
He said: "Firstly, there is no reality or possibility of losing a thousand gardaí this year or 1,500 gardaí this year. There is no question of gardaí not being properly paid.
"In the context of effecting efficiencies there is a broad range of initiates being taken. For example, there is an objective to try and ensure that unnecessary costs aren't incurred in the area of overtime.
"There is more efficiencies being put in place with regard to the dealing with court work."
The news has been strongly criticised by the Garda Representative Association.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, GRA President John Parker said it would have a demoralising effect on rank-and-file gardaí.
He said: "It's once again an extra straw that breaks the camel's back.
"The minister has announced a further cut where there has been no bottom of the barrel to scrape.
"The members of An Garda Síochána at the moment feel as if they're in some sort of a perverse laboratory experiment to see where is that straw that breaks the camel's back."
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors said policing is a necessity and the Government must find the money to pay serving gardaí.
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