Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances
11:05 am
Mr. Brian O'Keeffe:
It reflects the pyramid that is the military structure with a lot of soldiers at the bottom and fewer soldiers as one goes up. Also, from the rank of commandant up or their equivalents would not be regarded as overtime grades so they would not be in receipt of security duty allowance.