Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 December 2017
280. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the difference in pay for private soldiers with years accrued compared with pay for lieutenants recently graduated from cadet school; and the reason for such wage anomalies. [52252/17]
View answerThe Defence Forces are organised on a military rank structure of hierarchy within the officer and enlisted personnel streams. The terms and conditions, duties, roles and responsibilities associated within each rank differ and the rate of remuneration is based accordingly. There are graduated payscales within each rank which provide for annual incremental increases. The current rates of pay and allowances for all ranks in the Permanent Defence Force are available to view and download from the Department of Defence website.
