Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The Conciliation and Arbitration (C and A) for members of the Permanent Defence Force provides a formal mechanism for both RACO (who represent commissioned officers) and PDFORRA (who represent enlisted personnel) to engage with the Official side on matters, which come within the scope of the Scheme.

Having regard to commitments made under national public sector pay agreements, members of the Permanent Defence Force can make representations in relation to their pay and conditions of service through their representative bodies. Where agreement is not reached it is open to both official and representative sides to refer the matter to an adjudicator or an arbitration Board to settle the matter.

On 27^thSeptember 2010, the Adjudicator awarded an increase in technician pay to cooks in the Permanent Defence Force. This award is backdated to 1 June 2006.

There are a number of outstanding Adjudication findings, across the Public Service, which cannot be implemented at this time having regard to the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 to 2015.

This adjudication is part of the outstanding adjudication findings covered under previous agreements and paragraph 5.2.1 of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020. This states that the parties commit to entering a process to conclude by end-September 2018 which will involve engagement in relation to an appropriate, time-bound process for addressing any outstanding adjudications.

The review mechanism is the subject of ongoing consideration by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The question of payments to personnel who have retired in the interim will be considered as part of the process.