Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 September 2025
Committee on Defence and National Security
Update on Issues in the Reserve Defence Force: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Eugene Gargan:
They are paid according to their rank. Often, the individual is paid many more times that, so they are kind of taking a hit on their income when they go overseas. There are many other challenges and issues regarding employment legislation and employment protection that we did not cover in the submission for today. We have more urgent issues. That is a long-term challenge in the context of growing, opening up and making the Reserve available to people to serve without concern for their day jobs.