PDForra to challenge lack of top-up pay for Defence Forces officers on Covid duties

PDForra is to take a case on behalf of some of its members who were taken off training and put on duties as part of the battle against Covid-19 - but not given the appropriate pay increase.

PDForra is preparing a case on behalf of 180 Two Star-grade privates/seamen second class who were taking off training and given duties on a regular basis. File image

The association which represents enlisted personnel in the Defence Forces is to take a case on behalf of some of its members who were taken off training and put on duties as part of the battle against Covid-19 - but not given the appropriate pay increase.

Garda trainees who were fast-tracked out of Templemore and put into frontline duties as part of the government's Covid-19 response were given the pay of fully-fledged gardaí.