Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I might be surprised at this stage in respect of family income support. I would like to hear about the cases if the Deputy would show me them. The improvement in basic pay has been quite dramatic. If you go straight in with your leaving certificate, you will be on €36,000 to €37,000 while on commissioning with your leaving certificate as a cadet, you will be on €41,000. A graduate after commissioning will be on €46,000 starting out.

We recently brought in entitlement to secondary healthcare for all enlisted personnel - private healthcare - which is a huge advance for any family member and military personnel more generally. There have been a number of measures for the Naval Service as was mentioned in an earlier reply to Deputy Stanton in respect of the personal tax credit. We are consistently trying to see if we can do more about terms and conditions but I might engage with Deputy Murnane O'Connor.

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