Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will clarify. What I meant is that when people come out after two years in the cadet school they really rely on senior officers to show them the ropes. On coming out of cadet school they go into a posting. The officer corps tells us it is very important to have that link with senior officers who have served and who will pass on their skills and knowledge. It is how the organisation works. We are losing this.