Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The joint submission from the Department of Defence and military management was submitted on 10 September to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. This was a very comprehensive evidence-based submission and it was what the pay commission sought. The submission was supported by statistics and I know the commission is engaging with members of the Defence Forces now, as it has done for the past while.

Both representative associations were asked to send a submission, but this was a separate joint submission from both the Department and military management. A large amount of data was required, which had to be comprehensive and backed up with statistics and specific arguments, detailing the position of recruitment and retention. The Deputy mentioned specific posts. I assure him every effort has been made to give as much evidence-based data as possible from both the Department and military management.

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