Results 1-4 of 4 for defence forces strength speaker:Mark Wall

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Mark Wall: I wish to raise Defence Forces issues with the Leader once again. I read a number of comments by Lieutenant Colonel Conor King, general secretary of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, in advance of its annual conference, which takes place in Kildare today. This morning, Lieutenant Colonel King outlined his fears about the growing retention crisis in the Defence...

Seanad: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Mark Wall: ...He will also be aware of the importance of our Naval Service as an island nation and in the context of protecting our territorial waters. I am informed that just under 270 personnel have left the Defence Forces so far this year, a figure three times higher than the same figure for the corresponding period in 2021. The question must be asked again as to what the Minister's plans are to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Mark Wall: I join with my colleague, Senator Craughwell, in the call for the Minister for Defence to come before us once again and to allow both PDFORRA and the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, to affiliate with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU. It is a call a number of us have made in this House. I raised it with the Minister recently when he was in here. As the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)

Mark Wall: ...with the Minister and ask what he will do to allay these fears and whether this practice can be stopped or just reduced? The second issue is one I have raised numerous times, namely, that of the Defence Forces. Given recent media reports of the serious concerns of representatives of our Defence Forces about pay talks, I ask the Deputy Leader to seek an urgent debate with the Minister for...