Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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935. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total savings to the Defence Forces following the introduction of financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, up to 30 June 2011. [22502/16]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The combined Estimates provision for the Permanent defence Force (PDF) pay and allowance subheads within Vote 36 reduced from €520.8m in 2009 to €474.6m in 2011, a total reduction of €46.2m; see table below. This was largely as a result of the application of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts.

In respect of the Public Service Pension-related Deduction (PRD), which came into operation on the 1 March 2009 under the terms of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2009, as amended, the following amounts were deducted from members of the Permanent Defence Force in respect of the periods shown.

The Deputy may wish to refer to the June 2016, Annual Review and report to the Houses of the Oireachtas by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform under Section 12 of the Act which provided a background, an overview of the economic context, budget context, the cost of Public Service Remuneration and the cost of Public Service Pensions.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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936. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 28 June 2016, the number of persons affected by the adjudicator's findings referred to. [22503/16]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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937. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 28 June 2016, the amount it would have cost the State to ratify the adjudicator's findings. [22504/16]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 936 and 937 together.

Regarding the increase in Technical Pay for Cooks, based on a current strength figure for Cooks of 231, the approximate annual cost of implementing the Adjudicator’s findings is €162,000.

In respect of the Army Ranger Wing (ARW), no information can be released that could identify the strength of the ARW as this information is operationally confidential.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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938. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 28 June 2016, in light of the fact that the review mechanism referred to is about balancing expenditure with sustainable savings and of the fact that a lot more money has been saved than spent, to outline the ongoing consideration within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the review mechanism. [22505/16]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy relates to outstanding adjudication findings which cannot be implemented having regard to the provisions of Sections 2 and 5 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2) Act 2009. Paragraph 5.3 of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013-2018, known as the Lansdowne Road Agreement, states that “The Parties have agreed that any outstanding adjudications as referred to in paragraph 1.16 of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 will be reviewed jointly by the Parties prior to the expiry of this agreement.”

With regard to the review mechanism itself, consideration of the policy issue remains within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.