David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome that and believe the single force concept is the option to take because the RDF must be far more professional. This leads to the question of members of the RDF eventually serving overseas, which has been spoken about for a long time. In a situation in which both groups were being trained together and the RDF was to reach the same level of competence and professionalism as the PDF, is there any intention or has thought been given to the possibility of members of the RDF serving overseas in the Lebanon or elsewhere? In particular, I refer to those who have specialist skills that may be needed.