Brian Stanley (Laois, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Okay but compared to what it used to be under the Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil, it is a fraction of that. I have a couple of questions. The paper the witnesses supplied was very good. It is a revelation in that the total budget is 0.34% of total defence spending. The allocation for Reserve pay of €3.5 million, which is 0.34% of the overall spending of the defence budget, shows it is a low priority. I am trying to understand the amount of time that is involved and what is typically expected of you in terms of time, training, travel, deployments and security duties, which are mentioned in the document. Could the witnesses outline that in a couple of sentences? Our time is short and I do not want to be abrupt because of that. I have a number of other questions.