Defence Forces officers left without access to third-party adjudication

The association which represents 1,100 of the country's military officers has written to two senior government ministers complaining that for the second time in two years its members have been left without access to third-party adjudication.

The RACO (Representative Association for Commissioned Officers) has written to Minister for Defence Simon Coveney and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath because the post of head of the Defence Forces Conciliation and Arbitration (C&A) Scheme is vacant yet again. Both ministers are 'signatories' of the Defence Forces C&A scheme.