John Browne
Question:147 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Defence the composition of the proposed reserve anti-aircraft batteries in each of the three Reserve Artillery Regiments. [15084/01]
Vol. 536 No. 5
147 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Defence the composition of the proposed reserve anti-aircraft batteries in each of the three Reserve Artillery Regiments. [15084/01]
The overall strategy for the future development of the Reserve Defence Force will be based on the report of the special steering group, which I established in January 1998. That group, which met each of the Permanent Defence Force representative associations and met on three occasions with the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association, RDFRA, reported in September 1999. A thorough, comprehensive and indepth study of the Reserve was undertaken, involving a very considerable amount of work both by a military board, established by the then Chief of Staff, and latterly by the steering group itself.