Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State did not respond to the issue of the decimation of numbers within the reserve and the fact that the pay difficulties are undermining its core strength. Due to the reorganisation of the RDF, there has been massive geographical dilution and a removal of members in large areas of the State. What is the Minister of State doing to address that and to rectify the difficulties?

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We will not have a reserve within a decade unless the Minister of State reverses some of his White Paper targets and increases numbers.

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