Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Reserve Defence Force Reorganisation: RDFRA
3:10 pm
Mr. Patrick Mulley:
The reorganisation demonstrated that is not true in that to achieve a nominal figure of 4,000 people had to be managed out. Therefore, we were over-subscribed for the 4,000 places. In regard to the commentary around turnover, while turnover in the first year is quite high - as is the case in any organisation - in general retention is good. As stated in the VFM in the years leading up to 2012 attendance stood at 86% to 87%, which speaks for itself.