Written answers
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Department of Defence
Defence Forces Allowances
Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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388. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 3 February 2021, the amount paid for travel allowances to the RDF in each of the past five years; the number of members of the RDF who qualified for such payments in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10488/21]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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In line with Defence Force Regulation R5, the governing Regulation for the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve, and the provisions for pay and allowances as set out in Defence Force Regulation S.3, travel allowances totalling €698.96 were paid to 3 members of the Reserve Defence Force (RDF) on foot of claims made in 2016.
Of the past five years, 2016 is the only relevant year in which travel allowances were claimed by members of the RDF.
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