Written answers
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Reserve Defence Force
9:00 pm
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for Defence the effective strength by rank of the first line Reserve; the cost per year for the past three years and the payment by rank made in 2010. [36551/11]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Military authorities have advised that the strength of the First Line Reserve (FLR), as at 31 October 2011, was 288. The breakdown of this number by rank is as follows: FLR – Officers ( Total 92):
| FORMATION | CDR | LT CDR | COMDTS | CAPTS | LT | S/LT | TOTAL |
| ARMY | - | - | 6 | 37 | 0 | - | 43 |
| AIR CORPS | - | - | 5 | 6 | 0 | - | 11 |
| NAVAL SERVICE | 1 | 23 | - | - | 11 | 3 | 38 |
| TOTAL | 1 | 23 | 11 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 92 |
FLR – Other Ranks (Total 196):
| FORMATION | SGT | CPL | PTE | TOTAL |
| ARMY | 1 | 11 | 123 | 135 |
| AIR CORPS | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| NAVAL SERVICE | 8 | 2 | 42 | 52 |
| TOTAL | 10 | 14 | 172 | 196 |
The FLR has not been activated over the last number of years and the only cost associated with the FLR is the annual payment of gratuities from Subhead D of the Defence Vote. The outturn for FLR Gratuities, as per the Revised Estimates, for the three years 2008 to 2010 was:
| First Line Reserve (FLR) Gratuities | 2008 REV Outturn (€000) | 2009 REV Outturn (€000) | 2010 * REV Outturn (€000) |
| Officers | 64 | 51 | 1 |
| Non-Commissioned personnel | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Total: | 69 | 54 | 6 |
* Note: FLR Officers who qualified for gratuities in 2010 were not paid until early 2011.
The FLR gratuities outturn for 2010 was significantly lower because the payments for FLR Officers for 2010 were not paid until January 2011, which will be reflected in the 2011 outturn. The total payments by rank to members of the FLR who qualified for gratuities in 2010 were:
| FLR Rank | Gratuity Payment € |
| COMMANDER* | €497.74 |
| LIEUTENANT COMMANDER * | €9,954.80 |
| LIEUTENANT NS * | €2,712.16 |
| SUB LIEUTENANT NS * | €227.28 |
| PETTY OFFICER | €292.04 |
| LEADING SEAMAN | €137.89 |
| ABLE BODIED SEAMAN | €854.25 |
| COMMANDANT * | €6,968.56 |
| CAPTAIN * | €15,551.32 |
| LIEUTENANT * | €566.30 |
| 2ND LIEUTENANT * | €454.56 |
| SERGEANT | €111.74 |
| CORPORAL | €90.15 |
| PRIVATE 3 STAR | €2,191.71 |
| PRIVATE GRADE 1 | €308.25 |
| Total: | €40,918.75 |
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Defence the numbers of the Reserve Defence Force submitted for security clearance in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers who received security clearance in 2009, 2010, and 2011; and of those, the number of those were attested by brigade. [36552/11]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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It was not possible to provide the detailed information sought by the Deputy in the time available. My Department is currently seeking to compile the relevant data and I will provide the information directly to the Deputy once it comes to hand.
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