David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We used to lose the best of our people to the PDF every year. We trained them to a certain level and then they were gone into Deputy Berry's outfit and we had to start again. That was good for everybody.

The Tánaiste mentioned movement to overseas. We have been talking about this for years. Is any work being done to have job security preserved for people in the Reserve who give up their time to go overseas for six months so that when they come back their job would still be there for them? I think that is the case in the territorials and reserves in other countries.