RATES OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES

FOR OFFICERS OF THE PERMANENT DEFENCE FORCE

With effect from 1st October 2021

Application of a general round increase in annualised basic salary for all public

servants who are due either 1% or €500, whichever is greater, on 1 October 2021 and

who did not benefit from the pay restoration of 1 July 2021.

CADETS (NO CHANGE)

MEMBERS OF CHAPLAINCY SERVICE

OFFICERS - RATE 1 (CLASS A)

OFFICERS - RATE 2 (CLASS A)

OFFICERS - RATE 3 (CLASS A) - MEDICAL

OFFICERS - RATE 3 (CLASS A) - DENTAL

OFFICERS - RATE 3 (CLASS A) - PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTS

RATES OF PAY

CADETS Class A - FIVE POINT SCALE With Effect from 01 October 2021

Point 01 October 2021

On appointment 1st €20,140

2nd €22,514

3rd €25,541

4th €28,266

5th €31,945

RATES OF PAY 01 October 2020

MEMBERS OF THE CHAPLAINCY SERVICE Class A

01 October 2021

Head Chaplain €72,989

Chaplain in Charge on entry €63,008

Chaplain in Charge after 10 years €68,623

Chaplain in Charge after 15 years €70,217

Substitute Chaplain in Charge €63,008

Church of Ireland Clergyman €18,673

Church of Ireland Clergyman after 2 years €20,574

RATES OF PAY 01 OCTOBER 2021 OFFICERS PAY RATE 1 - CLASS A

Recruitment Ranks Point Basic

Salary

Military Service

Allowance Total Pay

Rank (Army/NS)

Second-Lieutenant/Ensign 1st €32,713 €5,506 €38,219

2nd €36,324 €5,506 €41,830

Lieutenant/Sub Lt. 1st €37,692 €5,506 €43,198

2nd €38,318 €5,506 €43,824

3rd €39,631 €5,506 €45,137

4th €40,970 €5,506 €46,476

5th €42,443 €5,506 €47,949

6th €43,791 €5,506 €49,297

7th €45,139 €5,506 €50,645

8th €45,909 €5,506 €51,415

9th €47,029 €5,506 €52,535

10th €48,153 €5,506 €53,659

Promotion Ranks Point

Basic

Salary

Military Service

Allowance Total Pay

Captain/Lieutenant 1st €49,283 €5,506 €54,789

2nd €50,450 €5,506 €55,956

3rd €51,620 €5,506 €57,126

4th €52,811 €5,506 €58,316

5th €53,989 €5,506 €59,494

6th €55,158 €5,506 €60,664

Maximum Scale Point 7th €57,719 €5,506 €63,225

1st LSI 8th €59,940 €5,506 €65,446

2nd LSI 9th €62,273 €5,506 €67,778

Commandant/Lt. Cdr. 1st €62,334 €5,844 €68,178

2nd €63,637 €5,844 €69,481

3rd €64,929 €5,844 €70,773

4th €66,227 €5,844 €72,071

5th €67,523 €5,844 €73,367

Maximum Scale Point 6th €71,040 €5,844 €76,884

1st LSI 7th €73,876 €5,844 €79,720

2nd LSI 8th €76,829 €5,844 €82,673

Lieutenant-Colonel/Cdr. 1st €75,746 €5,741 €81,487

2nd €77,753 €5,741 €83,494

3rd €80,014 €5,741 €85,755

Maximum Scale Point 4th €82,161 €5,741 €87,902

1st LSI 5th €83,396 €5,741 €89,137

2nd LSI 6th €84,631 €5,741 €90,372

Colonel/Captain 1st €87,319 €5,741 €93,060

2nd €92,564 €5,741 €98,305

3rd €97,821 €5,741 €103,562

4th €106,194 €5,741 €111,935

RATES OF PAY 01 OCTOBER 2021

OFFICERS PAY RATE 2 - CLASS A (Engineer, Legal, Army School of

Music, Operations Branch - Naval Service, Psychologists and Military Analyst (Captain))

Recruitment Ranks Point Basic

Salary

Military Service

Allowance Total Pay

Rank (Army/NS)

Lieutenant/Sub Lt. 1st €45,061 €5,945 €51,006

2nd €45,736 €5,945 €51,681

3rd €47,647 €5,945 €53,592

4th €49,103 €5,945 €55,048

5th €50,689 €5,945 €56,634

6th €52,160 €5,945 €58,105

7th €53,376 €5,945 €59,321

8th €54,459 €5,945 €60,404

9th €55,687 €5,945 €61,632

10th €56,916 €5,945 €62,861

Promotion Ranks Point Basic

Salary

Military Service

Allowance Total Pay

Captain/Lieutenant 1st €59,121 €5,945 €65,066

2nd €60,401 €5,945 €66,346

3rd €61,671 €5,945 €67,616

4th €62,945 €5,945 €68,890

5th €64,221 €5,945 €70,166

6th €65,483 €5,945 €71,428

Maximum Scale Point 7th €68,250 €5,945 €74,195

1st LSI 8th €69,590 €5,945 €75,535

2nd LSI 9th €72,109 €5,945 €78,054

€5,945

Commandant/Lt. Cdr. 1st €69,621 €5,945 €75,566

2nd €70,314 €5,945 €76,259

3rd €72,698 €5,945 €78,643

4th €75,126 €5,945 €81,071

5th €77,547 €5,945 €83,492

Maximum Scale Point 6th €83,519 €5,945 €89,464

1st LSI 7th €86,412 €5,945 €92,357

2nd LSI 8th €89,414 €5,945 €95,359

€5,945

Lieutenant-Colonel/Cdr. 1st €89,697 €5,945 €95,642

2nd €91,782 €5,945 €97,727

3rd €94,122 €5,945 €100,067

Maximum Scale Point 4th €96,350 €5,945 €102,295

1st LSI 5th €97,632 €5,945 €103,577

2nd LSI 6th €98,910 €5,945 €104,855

€5,945

Colonel/Captain 1st €101,703 €5,945 €107,648

2nd €107,138 €5,945 €113,083

3rd €112,576 €5,945 €118,521

4th €121,241 €5,945 €127,186

RATES OF PAY 01 OCTOBER 2021

OFFICERS PAY RATE 2 - CLASS A (Conductor Defence Forces School

of Music (DSFM))

Special Direct Entry (New Entrants

on or after 08 Sept 2015) Point

Basic

Salary

Military Service

Allowance

Total

Pay

Captain/Lieutenant 1st €55,040 €5,945 €60,985

2nd €55,611 €5,945 €61,556

3rd €59,121 €5,945 €65,066

4th €60,401 €5,945 €66,346

5th €61,671 €5,945 €67,616

6th €62,945 €5,945 €68,890

7th €64,221 €5,945 €70,166

8th €65,483 €5,945 €71,428

9th €68,250 €5,945 €74,195

10th €69,590 €5,945 €75,535

11th €72,109 €5,945 €78,054

12th €72,109 €5,945 €78,054

Maximum Scale Point 13th €72,109 €5,945 €78,054

1st LSI 14th €72,698 €5,945 €78,643

2nd LSI 15th €75,126 €5,945 €81,071

RATES OF PAY 01 OCTOBER 2021 OFFICERS PAY RATE 2 - CLASS A (Corps of Engineers, Ordnance

Corps, CIS Tech, Marine Engineer Officers, Electrical Officers of the Naval Service, Air Corps CIS and Aeronautical Engineers, DFSM Officers, Legal,

Operations Branch - Naval Service, Psychologists and Military Analyst (Captain))

Appointed prior to 08

September 2015 Point

Basic

Salary

Military Service

Allowance Total Pay

Captain/Lieutenant 1st €59,121 €5,886 €65,007

2nd €60,401 €5,886 €66,287

3rd €61,671 €5,886 €67,557

4th €62,945 €5,886 €68,831

5th €64,221 €5,886 €70,107

6th €65,483 €5,886 €71,369

Maximum Scale Point 7th €68,250 €5,886 €74,136

1st LSI 8th €69,590 €5,886 €75,476

2nd LSI 9th €72,109 €5,886 €77,995

RATES OF PAY 01 OCTOBER 2021

OFFICERS PAY RATE 2 - CLASS A (Corps of Engineers, Ordnance

Corps, CIS Technicians, Marine Engineer Officers, Electrical Officers of the Naval Service, Air Corps CIS and Aeronautical Engineers)

Appointed on or after 08

September 2015 Point

Basic

Salary

Military Service

Allowance Total Pay

Captain/Lieutenant 1st €59,121 €5,886 €65,007

2nd €60,401 €5,886 €66,287

3rd €61,671 €5,886 €67,557

4th €62,945 €5,886 €68,831

5th €64,221 €5,886 €70,107

6th €65,483 €5,886 €71,369

7th €68,250 €5,886 €74,136

8th €69,590 €5,886 €75,476

9th €72,109 €5,886 €77,995

10th €72,109 €5,886 €77,995

Maximum Scale Point 11th €72,109 €5,886 €77,995

1st LSI 12th €72,698 €5,886 €78,584

2nd LSI 13th €75,126 €5,886 €81,012

RATES OF PAY 01 OCTOBER 2021 OFFICERS PAY RATE 3 - CLASS A (Medical Officers)

Recruitment Ranks Point Basic

Salary

Military Service

Allowance Total Pay

Rank (Army/NS)

Lieutenant 1st €42,233 €5,326 €47,559

2nd €42,836 €5,326 €48,162

3rd €44,737 €5,326 €50,063

4th €46,040 €5,326 €51,366

5th €47,465 €5,326 €52,791

6th €48,761 €5,326 €54,087

7th €49,847 €5,326 €55,173

8th €50,808 €5,326 €56,134

9th €51,909 €5,326 €57,235

10th €53,009 €5,326 €58,335

Captain 1st €66,050 €5,326 €71,376

2nd €66,629 €5,326 €71,955

3rd €70,022 €5,326 €75,348

4th €71,575 €5,326 €76,901

5th €72,917 €5,326 €78,243

6th €74,252 €5,326 €79,578

7th €75,580 €5,326 €80,906

Maximum Scale Point 8th €78,886 €5,326 €84,212

1st LSI €80,971 €5,326 €86,297

2nd LSI €82,441 €5,326 €87,767

Promotion Ranks Point Basic

Salary

Military Service

Allowance Total Pay

Commandant 1st €83,407 €5,688 €89,095

2nd €84,867 €5,688 €90,555

3rd €86,316 €5,688 €92,004

4th €88,121 €5,688 €93,809

Maximum Scale Point 5th €91,145 €5,688 €96,833

1st LSI €96,386 €5,688 €102,074

2nd LSI €99,241 €5,688 €104,929

Lieutenant-Colonel 1st €100,451 €5,299 €105,750

2nd €102,698 €5,299 €107,997

3rd €105,225 €5,299 €110,524

Maximum Scale Point 4th €107,630 €5,299 €112,929

1st LSI 5th €109,006 €5,299 €114,305

2nd LSI 6th €110,385 €5,299 €115,684

Colonel 1st €111,698 €5,904 €117,602

2nd €117,335 €5,904 €123,239

3rd €123,011 €5,904 €128,915

4th €132,056 €5,904 €137,960

Special Direct Entry

Captain/Lieutenant 1st €66,050 €5,326 €71,376

2nd €66,628 €5,326 €71,954

3rd €70,022 €5,326 €75,348

4th €71,575 €5,326 €76,901

5th €72,917 €5,326 €78,243

6th €74,252 €5,326 €79,578

7th €75,580 €5,326 €80,906

8th €78,886 €5,326 €84,212

9th €80,971 €5,326 €86,297

10th €82,441 €5,326 €87,767

11th €83,407 €5,326 €88,733

Maximum Scale Point 12th €84,867 €5,326 €90,193

1st LSI €86,316 €5,326 €91,642

2nd LSI €88,121 €5,326 €93,447

RATES OF PAY 01 OCTOBER 2021 OFFICERS PAY RATE 3 - CLASS A (Dental Officers)

Recruitment Ranks Point Basic Salary Military Service

Allowance Total Pay

Rank (Army/NS)

Lieutenant 1st €42,233 €5,326 €47,559

2nd €42,836 €5,326 €48,162

3rd €44,737 €5,326 €50,063

4th €46,040 €5,326 €51,366

5th €47,465 €5,326 €52,791

6th €48,761 €5,326 €54,087

7th €49,847 €5,326 €55,173

8th €50,808 €5,326 €56,134

9th €51,909 €5,326 €57,235

10th €53,009 €5,326 €58,335

Captain 1st €62,077 €5,326 €67,403

2nd €62,961 €5,326 €68,287

3rd €63,887 €5,326 €69,213

4th €67,175 €5,326 €72,501

5th €70,535 €5,326 €75,861

6th €70,735 €5,326 €76,061

7th €72,011 €5,326 €77,337

Maximum scale point 8th €72,560 €5,326 €77,886

1st LSI €78,184 €5,326 €83,510

2nd LSI €79,966 €5,326 €85,292

Promotion Ranks Point Basic Salary Military Service

Allowance Total Pay

Commandant 1st €80,905 €5,688 €86,593

2nd €83,014 €5,688 €88,702

3rd €85,126 €5,688 €90,814

4th €87,236 €5,688 €92,924

Maximum scale point 5th €89,345 €5,688 €95,033

1st LSI €92,384 €5,688 €98,072

2nd LSI €99,122 €5,688 €104,810

Lieutenant-Colonel 1st €97,187 €5,299 €102,486

2nd €98,638 €5,299 €103,937

3rd €100,088 €5,299 €105,387

Maximum scale point 4th €101,539 €5,299 €106,838

1st LSI €102,989 €5,299 €108,288

2nd LSI €104,500 €5,299 €109,799

RATES OF PAY 01 OCTOBER 2021 OFFICERS PAY RATE 3 - CLASS A (Chemist)

Point Basic

Salary

Military Service

Allowance Total Pay

Rank (Army/NS)

Captain 1st €59,529 €5,945 €65,474

2nd €60,074 €5,945 €66,019

3rd €64,210 €5,945 €70,155

4th €65,425 €5,945 €71,370

5th €66,622 €5,945 €72,567

6th €67,843 €5,945 €73,788

7th €69,053 €5,945 €74,998

8th €70,256 €5,945 €76,201

Maximum scale point 9th €72,510 €5,945 €78,455

1st LSI €74,269 €5,945 €80,214

2nd LSI €76,685 €5,945 €82,630

Commandant 1st €72,970 €5,945 €78,915

2nd €74,235 €5,945 €80,180

3rd €75,502 €5,945 €81,447

4th €76,771 €5,945 €82,716

5th €78,035 €5,945 €83,980

Maximum scale point 6th €82,727 €5,945 €88,672

1st LSI 1st LSI €85,467 €5,945 €91,412

2nd LSI 2nd LSI €88,319 €5,945 €94,264