More than 6,000 military personnel owed money from pay agreement 

The Government agreed to set aside the money for the Defence Forces as part of the national pay agreement 2024 – 2026, to which PDForra, the association representing enlisted members of the military, signed up. File picture: Sam Boal/Collins

More than 6,000 military personnel are waiting nearly a year to be paid a combined €3.7m in claims under local bargaining agreements that have not been signed off by the Department of Public Expenditure.

This has already led to some experienced technicians leaving the Defence Forces because they have opted to quit and take up better paid jobs in the private sector, representatives have said.