Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)

In light of the Minister's removal of the moratorium on recruitment to the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, does he intend to extend the principle and remove the moratorium on promotions within it, for example, fixed term promotions from second lieutenant to first lieutenant and from second private to third private? These are volunteers, not members of the public service, and their promotions would be fixed term. It should be possible to allow fixed term promotions to occur without any expense. Will the Minister review the promotional structure within the RDF, given his decision to remove its moratorium on recruitment?

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