Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In April, Lieutenant Colonel Conor King, general secretary of RACO, said that we cannot recruit ourselves out of a retention crisis. He is right because we would just be putting water into a leaky bucket. The figure I have for the number of discharges in 2022 is 891. That was higher than the figure for any year since 2017. The Tánaiste mentioned the working time directive at a recent meeting with PDFORRA.

Can the Tánaiste confirm whether the Defence Forces have begun recording the working time of their personnel as is necessary to progress this? Can he provide any indicative timeframe as to how long it will take to get it to fruition?

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