John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I hear what the Minister said on the recruits. Three, as opposed to five, apprentices were training as electricians. They recently completed their block release with a multinational medical supplier, Stryker, in Cork. The company was impressed by the high standards of the training on which the apprentices had embarked, and they bought them out of their contracts at an estimated cost of €30,000. The Minister and I know that issues exist, and not just in regard to the Naval Service. Unfortunately, the loss of personnel continues to grow, despite some of the allowances and measures that have been introduced in recent years. Immediate action is needed. If the Minister looks at some of the statistics, since the illegal war in Ukraine another 100 members of the Naval Service have left, so immediate action is needed. He might outline some of the actions to which he alluded and state when they are going to be implemented.

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