Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will finish on this point. Quite a number of Members asked a question in this grouping.

It is not true to say the Defence Forces are unique in terms of vacancies across the public sector. There are recruitment and retention issues across the public sector, be it in healthcare, An Garda Síochána, or the Defence Forces, as well as in many other specialist areas.

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