Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There have been salary increases from 1 January 2018 and 1 October 2018. There will be further increases this year under the public service stability agreement.

I am not making up the figures I provided. They were the gross average earnings in 2018. I have highlighted the work of the Public Service Pay Commission. I have taken the Deputy’s concerns on board and acknowledge there are challenges with regard to Defence Forces pay and conditions. It is now up to the commission to examine the data that the civil and military management have submitted to it. I want to give it time and space. As I informed Deputy Jack Chambers earlier, I am hopeful that the people who drew up the submission will have an opportunity to address the pay commission. However, that is entirely up to the commission.

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