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flag Irish cadets earn less than minimum wage despite longer training, sparking pay reform demands.

flag Irish military cadets earn €493.45 weekly—below the minimum wage—while recruits earn more after six months, creating a 40.7% pay gap in the first year despite cadets’ longer training and greater responsibilities. flag The Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO) is urging the government to raise cadet pay, warning it undermines recruitment, and is seeking better pay for overseas service, faster citizenship for foreign-born officers, and union representation for chaplains. flag Tánaiste Simon Harris acknowledged the pay disparity as an anomaly tied to training duration and said the Department of Defence is open to constructive engagement, including through local bargaining and future pay agreements.

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