John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Doyle will be aware of the crisis in the retained fire service and the unfortunate circumstances that have led to retained firefighters being forced to initiate industrial action, which will start next week on 6 June. It will quickly escalate from there to a rolling strike from 13 June and an all-out strike from 20 June unless meaningful solutions are found to the crisis in the retained fire service. These issues did not only emerge in the past year or two. They have been there for many years. Does the Department believe there is a recruitment and retention crisis in the retained fire service?