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Whats the current condition of the countries that irish defence forces are in at the moment and how are the troops keeping????
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Hot and wet.
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The troops or the weather.Originally posted by Goldie fishComment
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whats the pay like for serving overseas?Comment
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Fairly good, many of the people who have gone overseas that i know have bought cars, or haved payed off large sums on their houses when they have come back.The trick to pet names is a combination of affectionate nouns. Honeybun. Sugarpie. Kittentits.Comment
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You get paid by the UN as well as your regular army pay which I think you get a rise on as well. You wont be spending much money in somewhere like Liberia as well.Comment
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Originally posted by slash89
This link gives te daily rate for overseas allowance. Overseas allowance is not subject to tax or prsi so what you see is what you get.
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Dont the UN match your wages aswell?
Effectivly you are doubling your wage aborad.Sex - Breakfast of Champions!Comment
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Originally posted by Itchy
You get your normal pay the same as you would at home and the overseas allowance.
The overseas allowance is paid to you by the Irish Government and appears on your payslip. In theory the Government recoups the money from the UN but the UN is very slow to pay up.
In Lebannon we received monthly from the UN a per diem allowance of $1.00 per day.
I don't know if per diem is paid on other missions.Comment
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The UN does match your wages, but that is paid into Government funds, it doesn't go to the actual soldier. As B Inman, says the UN is slow at paying.Originally posted by Itchy
I once heard a quote (think it was an American politican) that poorer countries deployed their military personnel on UN missions because they could afford to pay there armies themselves.Comment
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I assume you meant to say they could notOriginally posted by DeVDon't spit in my Bouillabaisse .Comment
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Sorry yeahComment
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the overseas allowance is ok on the face of it, but when you break it down its not really a great amount, your working morning noon and night most of the time, your away from your family, you have to pay for phone calls home and leave flights etc etcThings fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
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