Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

First, I commend the Defence Forces on conducting the aforementioned detailed survey of members. The findings of the survey are very interesting. In conjunction with the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, my Department is making sure that issues raised in the climate survey affecting members of Óglaigh na hÉireann are addressed.

I am not aware of personnel not being able to get parts of their uniforms. If there are such cases, I would like to hear about them.

The Deputy referred to personnel having to travel from barracks to barracks or from where they live to a barracks that may not be in their locality. Bearing in mind the brigade structure, I have asked that when recruit classes are being taken in, personnel be located in the barracks closest to where they live. That will solve a considerable number of the problems. A considerable number of problems arose after the reorganisation. We are trying to solve them and relocate personnel to the barracks closest to where they live. For personnel with expertise in specific areas, it does not always work that way.

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