Minister of Finance to control recruitment & promotion in army/garda

[EamonnZ]

Just heard on RTE radio news that the Minister for Finance is to take control of recruitment and promotion in the army and the Guards.

Excuse given is the state of the economy.

Jeez, that'll do wonders for their independence from political interference, won't it?

The banana republic would seem to be getting more, er, banana republic-er.

Am I being dumb here, but surely this remit should be on the Minister of Defense?

Finance yes on costs, but promotions etc... Its a bit odd to say the least?

Cheers

[oscartango]

You can't expect Willie O'Dea to do TWO jobs. Hasn't he a short column to ghost-write for the Sindo every week ? The man's exhausted.

[Christine Murray]

both dohc and edu sites have recruitment/promotion embargoe letters in pdf issued by finance. the letters are published on dept of finance site.

[InReality]

Finance runs everything.
Just takes a crisis for it to be a bit more visable

[Bobert]

I presume they still don't answer directly to the DOF and that the DOD still has the power over them?

[perprojustice]

Wait until you see the programme on RTE tonight about pensions.

Why should we believe anything RTE says anymore ? They're now just an extension of the FF Press Office.

Well I guess we cannot doubt everything they say either. Having said that their programme was very uninformative and it appeared there was very little or no investigation into the causes