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Short summary, for those of you who are into the whole brevity thing:
Less mandays (30k down to 24k)
Abolished gratuity payment
A Cap of 4, 000
No possibility of overseas trips
More "volunteer" days
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Another re org.Last edited by Tyler Durden; 20 November 2012, 20:19.If at first you don't succeed, then call in an airstrike.
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Just read it, how many brain dead a$$holes took how long to write that unhelpful, useless piece of trash?"We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
Illegitimi non carborundum
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A few things jump off the pages
€16 million to 305 cadre..in pay and allowances......
None of the steering committee are reservists.
58 locations outside of PDF manned posts.
The difference in training as highlighted between PDF and RDF counterparts and an underlying trend which suggest it can't be realigned.
Three of the four are instant warning lights for what a minister could do to save money and the fourth ably highlights how willing the PDF are to highlight how the sacrifices might be made without saying as much by highlight its vulnerabilities.
Without further comment the Steering committee have done the RDF no favours...Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
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Originally posted by Turkey View PostJust read it, how many brain dead a$$holes took how long to write that unhelpful, useless piece of trash?
Mr. Liam Whelan, Independent Chairperson
replaced Ms. Mary Butler as Independent Chairperson in August, 2012.
Mr. Robert Mooney, Principal Officer, Department of Defence
Col. Michael Meehan, Director Strategic Planning Office, Defence Forces
replaced Col. Colm Campbell, Director Strategic Planning Office in April, 2012.
Ms. Aileen Nolan, Principal Officer, Department of Defence
replaced Ms. Ann Price, Principal Officer in May, 2012.
Lt Col. Liam O’Carroll, Acting Director Reserve Defence Force
replaced Col. George Kerton, Director Reserve Defence Force in October 2010 who replaced Lt. Col. Tony Daly, Acting Director Reserve Defence Force.
Ms. Stephanie O’Donnell, Principal Officer, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
replaced Mr. Dermot Quigley, Principal Officer, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in August, 2012.
Mr. Fiachra Kennedy, Assistant Principal Officer, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
replaced Mr. Eoin Dormer, Assistant Principal Officer, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in May, 2012.
Ms. Valerie Byrne, Assistant Principal Officer, Department of Defence, (Secretary to the Steering Committee), replaced Mr. Ciaran Desmond, Assistant Principal Officer, Department of Defence in May, 2012 who replaced Mr. Tadgh O’Doherty, Assistant Principal Officer, Department of Defence.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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Originally posted by DeV View PostGood and bad and I just read a few pagesThings fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
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So after all the training, the fatigue, effort and commitment, I'm only qualified to wear a hi vis vest in bad weather, unpaid.
Sucks balls if you ask me.
May as well have been signed off as "Yours, RACO & PDFORRA".
So the conclusion of VFM states we can can train to be soldiers (second class soldiers), but aren't eligible to be deployed in the capacity as soldiers. But can pop in to marshal events and assist in bad weather, on your own time without pay. What weather proof kit are we wearing for the latter? It skirted neatly past equipment issues. It also outlines the 1954 Defence Act and the conditions as when we could be deployed as a contingency. It failed to recommend that without Employment Protection, it will be nigh on impossible to mobilise the RDF en masse. Nicely ducked that issue. And even if we were dragged away from our jobs to answer Shatter's call, we're not sufficiently trained to be capable of working with the PDF, apparently.
So in summary, its like this "Value For Money" steering group are effectively saying, we can pay to train people to become builders, but once qualified, their responsibilities will be to stay away from the building sites, and only called upon to construct sand castles on short notice. Without a bucket and spade. At high tide. Unpaid.
Serious amount of window licking going on there.
Good luck with that.
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