'Concern' for Defence Forces as Govt fail to implement plans to bolster military

The head of the Defence Forces officers' association says delays in implementing plans promised by the Government to bolster the country's military are causing his association "concern."

General Secretary of RACO, Commandant Conor King, said that even some short-term measures promised in the Government's 'High Level Implementation Plan' are "significantly behind schedule" and has expressed fears that the Department of Defence is holding them up to use them as a bargaining chip in the next round of Public Sector Pay Talks.