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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: The Deputy should be aware that the way this committee operates is that we ask a question and we get an answer. It is a question and answer process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: It is far more effective. I invite the Minister to reply to the question about the steering committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: Can we please get back to questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: I would appreciate if the Deputy could please deal with questions on the matter of concern this morning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: Could we get back to the questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: Could we-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: Sorry, Minister-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: If we could focus on the questions and answers and leave it at that, I would much appreciate it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: Please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: If we could focus on the questions and answers, it would make it more beneficial.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: Fair enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: If we could focus-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: Comments through the Chair, please, if members do not mind.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: I will have to suspend the meeting if they do not. We need to have questions and answers. That is what I would ask of the Minister and the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: If Deputy Ó Cuív does not mind, through the Chair, he has asked a number of questions already. I invite the Minister to answer those questions as succinctly and precisely as he can and then we will give Deputy Ó Cuív another opportunity for his final question. Is that acceptable?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: Of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: No - when we get the answers to the questions Deputy Ó Cuív asked already.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: Could I interrupt the Minister for a moment? He will not mind if I intervene. I am anxious that we get more questions from members here. The members could read that and we can refer them to it because it is in the report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)
David Stanton: Through the Chair.