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5 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Defence the reason for the reduction of Permanent Defence Force personnel within the FCA; the effect of such reduction in each command area; and the plans he has to restructure the FCA.
The report of the Commission on Remuneration and Conditions of Service in the Defence Forces clearly underlined the desirability of examining the whole question of the present deployment of the Defence Forces. It is in this context that the question of the rationalisation of FCA units is being addressed. Examination of the matter is proceeding and there will be no decision in relation to the number of staff to be retained at any particular location until this examination has been completed. A number of Permanent Defence Force officers who had been employed with the FCA on a part time basis were withdrawn from such duties with effect from 1 September 1991.
