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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: We might even revisit some of the training camps, as we did last Thursday in the Glen of Imaal.
- 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 should declare an interest to the Minister, as I have done a lot of that in the past.
- 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 have one or two questions on this subject. Was a study undertaken on the reason so few of the 4,554 personnel actually got involved in training? What was the reason they did not actually train? In addition, while I stand to be corrected, was payment of the gratuity in the past dependent on taking part in paid training as well? In other words, was it the case that one did not actually...
- 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 asked the reason so few of the effective----
- 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: There always was a non-effective strength as well within the RDF. What was that non-effective strength before the reorganisation? Does the Minister have such figures to hand? Will this non-effective element still exist somewhere or will virtually all of the force be effective?
- 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 welcome that and believe the single force concept is the option to take because the RDF must be far more professional. This leads to the question of members of the RDF eventually serving overseas, which has been spoken about for a long time. In a situation in which both groups were being trained together and the RDF was to reach the same level of competence and professionalism as the PDF,...
- 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 ask the Minister to allow Deputy Mac Lochlainn ask his 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 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.