Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary)
Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary)
3:20 pm
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The main thing they do is make themselves available. It is like having a doctor on call. Once they go through the training regimes and become members of the front line reserve, they are in effect accepting a responsibility. The payment recognition that applies is not very large given that people may be asked to take on a significant responsibility if there is a crisis or security situation.
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