Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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754. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has responded to requests from RACO in 2016 and 2017 to review both the national level industrial relations structures of the Defence Forces representation and internal Defence Forces conciliation and arbitration scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42268/17]

Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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755. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to align equivalent industrial relations structures of the Defence Forces with changes planned for the An Garda Síochána associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42269/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 754 and 755 together.

I can advise the Deputy, as I announced recently, that I intend to initiate a review of the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for members of the Permanent Defence Force. The review will start by the end of 2017 and will be guided by an independent chairperson.

Work has commenced on drawing up the terms of reference for the review and I hope to circulate these to the Representative Associations for their information, in the coming weeks.