Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 May 2024
Public Accounts Committee
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces
9:30 am
Ms Jacqui McCrum:
There is also a challenge with technicians. We have had a problem retaining those within the technical areas. We have changed the age at which people can commence. Where we went to age 39 for people who can join in general, technical people can join up to age 50. That extends to people who may have had a career elsewhere and who want to come to join. They can do that now.