Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 369: To ask the Minister for Defence the legislative or regulatory changes which were made prior to the launching of the new Reserve Defence Force; the effective dates of same; and in what force are members of the FCA. [33384/05]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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On Saturday, 1 October, I formally launched the reorganised reserve at a ceremony in Sarsfields Barracks, Limerick. This reorganisation involves the disestablishment and amalgamation of reserve units throughout the country. The following necessary regulatory changes were signed by myself with an effective date of 1 October 2005: Amendment No. 2 to Defence Force Regulations A.1 — Statutory Powers, Duties and Functions; Amendment No. 70 to Defence Force Regulations A.7 — Discipline; Amendment No. 22 to Defence Force Regulations A.18 — Military Command; Amendment No. 315 to Defence Force Regulations C.S.4 — Organisation of the Defence Forces; Amendment No. 1 to Defence Force Regulations L.2 — Weapons, Ammunition, Explosives and other items of Ordnance; a new Regulation R.5 (New Series) — Reserve Defence Force; and Defence Regulations R.5 An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil and Defence Force Regulations R.6 — an Slua Muirí were revoked.

The class of the Reserve Defence Forces previously called the Reserve of Officers, an Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil, shall now be known as the Reserve of Officers, Army Reserve, and the class previously called the Reserve of Men, an Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil, shall now be known as the Reserve of Enlisted Personnel, Army Reserve.