Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I think I gave a reply earlier to those specific questions on numbers. I think 90 were recruited in 2022 and a further 20 have been recruited so far in 2023. I mentioned earlier accelerating procedures and medical tests. In a previous campaign, about 1,000 applied but the follow through was not as strong. Now that we have an Office of Reserve Affairs, there is additional capacity to plan properly and recruit in a more effective way members of the RDF.

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