Written answers
Tuesday, 28 March 2006
Department of Defence
Overseas Missions
11:00 pm
Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 94: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of apprentice mechanics working on the Irish overseas mission to Liberia; if all the fitter mechanics currently operating on this mission are apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11784/06]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently 16 fitter mechanics serving with the 94th infantry battalion in the United Nations Mission in Liberia, UNMIL, of whom ten are apprentice mechanics. Fitter mechanics undergo a four-year apprenticeship involving seven phases. On-the-job experience is gained in the third, fifth and seventh phases of the course. Apprentices can volunteer to avail of on-the-job experience on overseas missions at the fifth and seventh phases only. The normal practice is to have a ratio of one fitter mechanic to every four or five apprentices.
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