The only State body under the aegis of the Department of Defence is the Army Pensions Board. The Army Pensions Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927. The Act specifies that the Board shall consist of a chairman and two ordinary members. The two ordinary members must be qualified medical practitioners of whom one must be an officer of the Army Medical Corps. The chairman and the non-military ordinary member are appointed by the Minister for Defence with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The Army Medical Corps ordinary member is appointed by the Minister for Defence on the recommendation of the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces. The Army Pensions Board only meets when all three members are available to attend.
There has been 1 appointment to the Army Pensions Board in the period since 6 May 2016, on the recommendation of the Chief of Staff, Commandant Zdenek Osecky was appointed as an ordinary member of the Board on the 21 June 2016. There are currently no vacancies on the Army Pensions Board.