Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion

Ms Jacqui McCrum:

I apologise. We will come back to that. The pensions issue is a complex issue. We can certainly write a more detailed explanation but every time you move something, something else happens. When we are increasing the age, for example, somebody has to have the ability to serve for 21 years. That then requires another knock-on. There are fast accrual pensions. A pension board has been set up that is looking at a number of areas that have fast accrual pensions to see how we can move those forward. That will impact on that. I do not wish to cover this issue off lightly; I am very happy to write to the Senator with more details if he wishes.