Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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411. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of increasing the subsistence allowance for Defence Forces personnel by 15% in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18637/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Subsistence Allowance is paid to Defence Forces personnel to compensate for expenses incurred in respect of necessary work absences from their normal work stations. All applicable rules and rates are determined centrally by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The estimate provided in the Defence Vote for the payment of subsistence allowances to Defence Forces personnel in 2020 is €5.6m. A 15% increase to this provision would amount to an additional €0.84m.