Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

I will have to speak to the chief of staff about that. I understand that the Army command is considering ways in which it can make some use of the integrated reserve. I do not know why that has not happened to date. I will revert to the Deputy when I have spoken to the chief of staff about it. I think that perhaps the Army command was a little underwhelmed by the number of people it managed to recruit. More than 300 individuals have now been trained to a high degree, as Deputy Stanton indicated. We will speak to the chief of staff and get back to the Deputy on the matter.

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