Do RDF get the same healthcare benefits as PDF?

SartreAndSocrates

I can't find the answer online. I mean things like semi private healthcare. Dental care etc.

I've read on the DF website that all serving personnel get that, but I think that just means PDF only.

CrabRevolution

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058426119/do-rdf-get-the-same-healthcare-benefits-as-pdf

No, that only applies to the PDF.

I can see the confusion since you often see it mentioned in sentences such as "Healthcare benefits now extended to all Defence Forces personnel" but that refers to the previous situation when only Officers received this coverage.

arsebiscuits82

We're lucky we get uniforms!

SartreAndSocrates

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123892950#Comment_123892950

So DF recruits didn't get healthcare in the past? What happened if they were injured on work? Just had to fix that on their own?

CrabRevolution

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124012321#Comment_124012321

They had the Defence Forces medical system. This new entitlement is for private medical care, where the DF foots the bill.