Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Defence Forces: Discussion
9:30 am
Dr. Mark Mellett:
As soon as we can. It is critically important we continue to focus on retention. In terms of my strategic planning framework, I have set consolidation as the main effort. We need to consolidate around retaining people who are in service. The second thing is expediting recruitment, but recruitment in a manner whereby we have a healthy turnover of personnel as opposed to the situation at present where we are challenged by a higher turnover than is desirable of people who are leaving prematurely . I am endeavouring to reduce the numbers leaving prematurely and at the same time trying to maximise the numbers who will come into the organisation. It is a competition. There is a buoyant market. Individuals are getting-----
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