Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Clearly, looking at allowances, the Army is relatively unique amongst Departments where there is no overtime. The military service allowance makes up nearly €53 million and concerns 8,700 of the Army staff. Effectively, therefore, the bulk of the staff qualify for it. The figure was put out as including that when it is clearly core pay. I am seeking to understand why that was not included and incorporated as core pay in the ten years prior to the representative associations being formed.