Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Current Issues Facing Members of the Defence Forces: Representative Association of Commissioned Officers

Mr. Cian O'Mearain:

My understanding is, to the end of 2021, approximately a little over 100 people had applied. What I think is being said there is that 32 people have managed to qualify for the full payment. Again, that is related to the complexity of it and due to time and attendance recording systems. This is all being done on spreadsheets because we do not have a centralised system to record it. It is quite labour intensive to record it. There may be others who have qualified who are awaiting payments. They can take a while to come through because, again, they all have to be manually checked. I imagine that 32 figure is the number of people who, in the four years of the scheme, achieved the full amount of time.

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