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If I have read it right, the Defence spending estimates for 2008, as published today on the Dept of Finance website, shows RDF pay dropping from €12.5 million to €10 million. A drop of 17%.
The question is has the PDF stolen this €2.5 million off the RDF or will the RDF get it back in other ways?:confused:
There is a promise of a substantial increase in grat plus the increase in line pay and yet the total cost is reduced.
From what I heard locally there are a bucket load of spare mandays that couldn't be used up no matter how units tried. So next year they will not be there!!
Nice to see you're all paying attention after me posting them the last few years.
I joined in the dog days when only a certain amount of people could do 1 week's camp and only the anointed few could do more [ 1986 ] . I'm sure some of you remember that. Now we are swung around
When I joined back in the dark ages(1988) you had to get your name in early to be sure you got one week camp. It was 1991 before the idea of going on a camp other than annual camp appeared, but even then you were lucky to get one week a year.
I have done much more than 14 days this year.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
Why does the Irish Red Cross get close to €1 million of the DF budget every year?
Most Red Cross organisations worldwide have a wartime function (eg care of wounded & visiting POWs).
This is the only funding AFAIK that the Irish Red Cross get from the Government, just did a search of the Estimates and they aren't mentioned elsewhere.
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