Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the point made about how the reservists may be required to take up to four days in annual leave to meet simple administrative requirements and the submission then referred to using up 60% of reservists' statutory annual leave. There are two points this regard. First, from the management point of view, it obviously is a way for it to try to save some money. Is there another agenda, in that this may be a test of the commitment of the RDF members? Could it be to make it awkward and to ascertain whether it was possible to have people who would take a really bad hit to be members of the Reserve Defence Force?