Ms Jacqui McCrum:

On local bargaining, 3% of pay will be allocated. This is what we have to work out now. It is worked out between the representative associations, military management and the Department. Some work has been undertaken on that but it has not been finalised yet. That will wash itself out. One percent is foreseen to be payable in September, so the mechanisms will have to come to a conclusion over the coming weeks.

On cadet pay, there is a challenge if somebody enters at 38 years of age, but there was certainly an appetite. People join the Defence Forces for different reasons, and there certainly is an appetite to increase the pay and bring people up to the level in question. I know of one or two individuals who have moved from the Civil Service to the Defence Forces, and the challenge in question is one they have to accept at that level.