David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 446: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Permanent Defence Force and Reserve Defence Force personnel respectively for whom applications have been submitted to the Garda central vetting unit who are still awaiting clearance; the average amount of time the Defence Forces would normally expect to wait to receive vetting clearance for PDF and RDF personnel respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2768/11]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Military Authorities that, as of 14 January 2011, the number of applications that had been submitted to the Garda Central Vetting Unit and for which clearance was awaited was 290 in respect of the Permanent Defence Force and 503 in respect of the Reserve Defence Force. The Garda Central Vetting Unit has informed all agencies applying for vetting that the normal expected return time for all applications is approximately 11 weeks. This applies to applications for both the Permanent Defence Force and the Reserve Defence Force. This return time has reduced in recent months from a previous reply time of approximately 15 weeks.