Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 May 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces

9:30 am

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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It would appear, just looking at this from the outside, that there is very little effort. Going back a few decades, I can remember that fairly intensive efforts were made to recruit people into what we called the FCA, or the Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil, if I remember correctly. I do not see any campaign to recruit people into the Reserve. Why is that?