Results 1-17 of 17 for defence forces strength speaker:David Stanton

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: I will be quite brief. I note that the PDF strength is also dropping from 8,659 in 2019 to 8,468 in 2021, which would be a concern. The 2022 Estimate is lower than the 2021 outturn for allowances. Could the Minister comment on why that is the case? Is it because of the reduced numbers in the PDF? Could he provide a breakdown on the PDF strength as well between the Army, the Air Corps and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: 114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 15 September 2021, the efforts being made by his Department to increase the strength of the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56186/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (15 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 373. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Reserve Defence Forces by rank; the establishment of the Reserve Defence Forces by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43307/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

David Stanton: I welcome Mr. O'Driscoll and the other members of the commission. It is nice to see him again. I echo Senator Craughwell's comment that in the past the Reserve Defence Force was visible in every town and village. I was a member of the RDF for some years, as were a number of other members. We took part in St. Patrick's Day parades and various events like that. The Reserve Defence Force is...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised)
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (22 Oct 2020)

David Stanton: ...vessel patrol days, which numbered 1,408 in 2017 and just over 1,000 in 2019. The Minister might comment on that. I am glad to hear the Minister committing to having a look at the Reserve Defence Force and to trying to increase and support it. I am concerned about its effective strength, which is 1,698. That is less than half of what it was at its establishment. In 1990, the...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: ...there is correct oversights of the powers possessed by the Garda Síochána. I will refer to an issue I have in the context of a visit by a delegation from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality to Northern Ireland and Scotland. I would bet that until recently, many citizens in the State did not know what the Garda Síochána Ombudsman...

Defence Forces Reserve (21 Sep 2011)

David Stanton: I welcome the announcement that a Green Paper will be published relatively soon. What is the effective strength of the Reserve Defence Force? Has any recruitment taken place in the past 12 months? What are the plans for further recruitment in the next 12 months?

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (3 May 2011)

David Stanton: Question 489: To ask the Minister for Defence the effective strength of the Reserve Defence Force at 31 March 2011; if he will provide a breakdown of same per brigade; the maximum number of effective personnel allowed per brigade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9286/11]

Reserve Defence Force (19 Apr 2011)

David Stanton: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence the current strength of the Reserve Defence Forces; his plans for the future of the RDF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8391/11]

Defence Forces Strength (15 Dec 2010)

David Stanton: According to the Minister's reply, the Permanent Defence Forces appears to be 500 under strength. Is the Minister allowed to bring the Defence Forces to a strength of 10,000, all ranks? Does this mean he has a flexibility to increase the numbers by, approximately, 500? Has he plans to do that in the immediate future? Does the Minister know when the review will be completed? Has he asked...

Defence Forces Recruitment (15 Dec 2010)

David Stanton: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Defence the current strength of the Reserve Defence Forces; the numbers recruited to the RDF since January 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47415/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (9 Nov 2010)

David Stanton: Question 439: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 27 October 2010, the reason the overall strength level of 7671 of the Reserve Defence Forces that existed on 1 January 2009 has been allowed to fall to 6075 on 30 September 2010; if it is Government policy to allow numbers to fall below this maximum strength; if recruitment is being carried out on a...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (27 Oct 2010)

David Stanton: Question 572: To ask the Minister for Defence further to parliamentary Question No. 64 of 7 July 2010 the number of effective and non-effective personnel serving in the Reserve Defence Force; if he will provide a national breakdown of the effective strength by brigade, unit and rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38760/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (20 Oct 2010)

David Stanton: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Defence the establishment and current strength respectively of the Permanent Defence Forces, by unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38117/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (7 Jul 2010)

David Stanton: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a national breakdown of the effective strength of the Defence Forces Reserve per unit and per rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30195/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (2 Jul 2008)

David Stanton: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Defence the establishment and strength of the Defence Forces; when the next recruitment campaign will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25995/08]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (26 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Defence if the current strength of the Permanent and Reserve Defence Forces will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17523/05]