Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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370. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 18 May 2021, if he will provide a further breakdown in origin for the outstanding Defence Forces Workplace Relations Commission complaints; if he will provide a complete breakdown of the 28 WRC complaints by origin per service, that is, Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in tabular form; and if he will provide a breakdown and further details regarding the other category. [29475/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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A complete breakdown of the 28 WRC complaints received by my Department, by origin per service in the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) is as follows:

* The correct number of Complaints Won (not upheld) should have read 6 in PQ 26471

** The correct figure for Complaints Settled or Withdrawn should have read 12 in PQ 26471 

The category titled "Other" in the table above refers to complaints made to the Workplace Relations Commission by non-PDF members, including members of the Reserve Defence Force and the general public regarding issues concerning the Defence Forces.

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Vacant positions in the Military Police Corps (MP Corps)  are filled by serving members of the Permanent Defence Force and so no external recruitment campaigns are envisaged.

Serving personnel, on successful completion of the required courses, are inducted into the MP Corps.  Such courses are ongoing and, in addition to the current training pipeline, further courses are being considered and another is due to commence shortly.

For operational secutity reasons it would be inappropriate to release the strength figures of the MP Corps.