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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 9 Oct 2002

Vol. 554 No. 5

Written Answers. - Defence Forces Personnel.

John Perry

Question:

212 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Defence if his Department will intervene on a person's (details supplied) behalf and grant them a full-time post in Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15926/02]

The transfer of a member of the Permanent Defence Force from one service or unit to another is entirely a matter for the military authorities in the light of operational requirements. Each transfer application is examined by the military authorities having regard to factors such as the manpower level of the unit in which the applicant is serving, the number of transfer applications already on hand, the seniority of the applicant within the unit and the existence of a suitable vacancy in the unit to which the applicant wishes to transfer.

The individual in question has been attached to 5 Field CIS Company, FCA, since 18 June 2000. In June 2002 he applied for a transfer from 28 Infantry Battalion to 5 Field CIS Company, FCA, in Sligo. Such transfers to the PDF cadre of FCA units have been suspended for some time pending the re-structuring of the Reserve Defence Force. Therefore, the application could not be acceded to by the military authorities. Under the proposed re-organisation of the Reserve Defence Force, the number of appointments at private rank in the PDF cadre will be reduced. There will be no scope, therefore, for granting requests for transfers to FCA units for the forseeable future.

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