Mr. Eugene Gargan:

We will go through the questions. We will try not to miss out any of them and I will direct some to my colleagues so that we can answer them all. I will start with Senator O'Reilly. I thank him for his observations. I have to call out Captain Kiernan, who is a colleague and fellow officer of mine in 27th Battalion. He is now acting company commander in C Company. C Company has a number of challenges. They are not unique and are faced by other sub-units throughout the country, certainly with regard to challenges with recruitment and the utility. I acknowledge that C Company has a training centre. It could certainly do with a newer training centre and there is scope for improvements there. I take all of that on board.

The Senator asked about medicals and the recruitment delays. He asked about the regeneration plan and he had questions on the budget, UNIFIL deployment, employment law and promotion opportunities as well. To start with the recruitment delays and medicals, I will hand over to Mr. Richardson, who will give a better insight into the sorts of issues that arise.