Results 561-580 of 1,032,785 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Brian Stanley) in 'Committee meetings'
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: I thank Ms Nolan for clarifying that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: May I revert to recruitment for a moment? What is the strength of the Reserve Defence Force at the moment?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: Looking at that, my understanding is that in a lot of developed countries the reserve is larger than the regular army. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: It would appear, just looking at this from the outside, that there is very little effort. Going back a few decades, I can remember that fairly intensive efforts were made to recruit people into what we called the FCA, or the Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil, if I remember correctly. I do not see any campaign to recruit people into the Reserve. Why is that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: How will that be achieved?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: How many exited last year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: How many went out of the Reserve last year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: I am coming to that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: Such as?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: On training, going back to the seventies and eighties, people would have three weeks' holidays, and two weeks of that would be to go to camp, as we used to call it. Families now might not be very tolerant of that, of the man, typically, or the mother or the father, going to camp for two weeks. Is it to have two weeks apart from annual leave boxed off?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: To go from 1,200 in the regular Army Reserve to 4,000 or 4,500 means a 400% increase. That will need to be ramped up fairly quickly.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: I will also ask about the incentives. There was always an allowance for members of the Reserve. What is the allowance for an ordinary regular member now? What is the financial incentive? They take time out from holidays, other employment or family duties.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: Do they receive any other annual allowance?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: The only financial reward they get is for the two weeks' training. I do not expect the witnesses to get into operational detail but has the Department tried to advance the case for weekend or one-day training, because that used to be common?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: There are cases in which Civil Defence personnel, particularly those involved in search and rescue, go out and do the rescues themselves. They would be accompanied of members of An Garda Síochána, health service staff or people from other public bodies. I acknowledge that the Civil Defence is a great organisation and its volunteers do great work. I only see what is happening with...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: I understand the voluntary nature of the organisation. It is a bit like the Red Cross, the Order of Malta or whatever. However, it is incorporated into the Defence Forces. It would not be a good idea to move away from the voluntary ethos. I understand that but I am talking about a small allowance to cover out-of-pocket expenses or cases where members have to drop everything to assist in...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: Does the office in Roscrea co-ordinate the organisation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: The one for the Covid pandemic was very good.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: Civil Defence personnel transported samples to and from universities and across the country for the HSE.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) Brian Stanley: I acknowledge the provision of equipment. A lot of new vehicles and so on have been brought in recently. That is to be welcomed. Before we finish up, I will ask about legal settlements. In 2022, €6.2 million was expended on compensation and legal costs. Of this, 64% related to employee injury claims, 28% to employee claims for breaches of HR or employment policies, 4% to personal...