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- Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Brendan Ryan: The Irish armed forces have provided loyal public service to our country, at home and abroad, throughout the past century. In the coming years, the Defence Forces will undoubtedly face new challenges with the intensification of organised crime and drug trafficking, the enhanced need to patrol our territorial waters after Brexit, and the potential return of dissident republican activity....
- European Defence Agency Project: Motion (19 Feb 2019)
Brendan Ryan: The Labour Party supports the project to increase the military search capabilities of the Defence Forces. Increasing the skill set of our military forces in the search and detection of improvised explosive devices is a much-needed skill. We got a stark reminder of this need a few weeks ago in Derry when a car bomb was detonated within the city walls. Most of us in this Chamber have...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Ryan: 71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the effective strength of the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52902/17]
- Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (7 Dec 2017)
Brendan Ryan: ...in the permanent structured cooperation, PESCO, arrangement as we have not had a sufficient national debate on the matter. The impact of joining PESCO could fundamentally alter Ireland's sovereign defence policy and history of neutrality for decades to come. It is too important a matter to rush through a vote as the Government is attempting to do in this manner this week against a false...
- Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Apr 2017)
Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 2:To insert the following after “reaches its establishment strength of 4,069;”:“acknowledges: — that the Government intends to introduce legislation to provide access for the Garda Associations to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court; — that the agreement on 11th November, 2016, through an independent adjudicator,...