Foreign civilian workers have been hired by the Department of Defence to service Air Corps aircraft due to a lack of specialist military personnel. To counteract this, PDForra said investment in proper pay and allowances is needed to retain highly skilled Air Corps personnel. The recent failure to increase technical allowance rates for senior aircraft inspectors was a clear missed opportunity to retain these highly-skilled personnel,” Mr Guinan said. Air Corps members who signed up to these are supposed to see their contracts terminated by the Government at the end of next year. This needs to be addressed urgently by minister Coveney and the Department of Defence,” Mr Guinan said.

Source: Irish Examiner September 14, 2021 19:30 UTC