Alongside current recruitment pathways, service personnel should also be able to seamlessly transition between Regular & Reserve- in both directions. This happens in every other EU country. The war in Europe is likely to get worse this year. What exactly are we waiting for?!? Click here to view ...
Landmark Defence legislation being voted through the Dáil. Potential to be transformative for our Reservists if implemented properly. Huge thanks to everyone involved.
The Reserve Defence Forces would have been great for contact tracing, testing and so many other tasks. In particular, they should have been mobilised to augment their PDF colleagues by doing barrack duties. It certainly is a missed opportunity that they have not been called on to assist throughout the Covid-19 ...
Very productive Oireachtas Committee meeting on Foreign Affairs & Defence last week. The positive developments will not only allow Reserve troops to officially travel abroad for training, ceremonial and sporting events, but will also legally permit them to deploy on operations at home and on Peace Support ...
I spoke to the Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney about a number of issues facing the Reserve Defence Forces (RDF). I suggested the following amendments to the Defence Bill 2020 - Allow members of the RDF to serve overseas, particularly in niche operational roles like medical and communications roles. ...
