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Originally posted by trellheim View PostWe dont get MSA and a bunch of other allowances so hold your horses there. Also no increments.
What I am saying, should there be no legal background to have enforce the pay cuts we got, would should opening go after them. I know of Reservists who have year after year given more than 40 days a year. And most senior lads I know in RDFRA get about 20days a year in addition to their fulltime training. That's a lot of legal pay members are missing.
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Originally posted by DeV View PostAsk them do they immediately lose 42% to PAYE alone?
Also, if you were a student, it could easily be just over 20%
I actually pay 48% on every RDF pay slip (40% income tax and 8% USC).
Originally posted by batterysgt View PostDoes anyone know what the civil defence gets paid, maybe we should look at them for a comparison. They must have some common training (not including weapons), 1st aid and driving come to mind and they surely get paid for it.
'As of 31 May 2019, Civil Defence has 3,520 volunteer members organised into 29 units throughout
Ireland. Volunteers are unpaid, except for those volunteers who have been trained as instructors and
train local members'.
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Originally posted by Auldsod View PostI would suggest forgetting that aspect (nobody in RDF actually noticed the discrepancy over all those years anyway) and focusing instead on.....
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Originally posted by batterysgt View PostDoes anyone know what the civil defence gets paid, maybe we should look at them for a comparison. They must have some common training (not including weapons), 1st aid and driving come to mind and they surely get paid for it.
In the day to day management of Civil Defence training and operations at local authority level the CDO is assisted by a key team of Instructors, qualified in a range of disciplines, and who do so on a voluntary basis. Apart from the payment of expenses for travel and subsistence, in certain circumstances, Civil Defence Volunteers do not receive any emolument for making themselves available for training, exercises or operations.
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Originally posted by Auldsod View PostAh but that's due to our own personal circumstances. We choose to do this and another job.
Also, if you were a student, it could easily be just over 20%
I actually pay 48% on every RDF pay slip (40% income tax and 8% USC).
No we don’t have to pay the pension levy (but we cannot qualify for one even with 40+ years service). Right so IMHO BTW.
The only way RDF get paid more than PDF is if you look at the RDF basic gross (ignoring personal circumstances) -v- PDF Net (taking into account personal circumstances) .. apples and oranges
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Maybe we should model ourselves on the civil defence ???? SIC2 qualified and ranks above Sgt get paid and the rest is voluntary.Last edited by batterysgt; 3 February 2020, 17:35.
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Sic2 is open to all ranks from cpl and above.Last edited by batterysgt; 4 February 2020, 07:24.
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