David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 120: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in respective ranks who attended training camps in 2009 in the integrated and non-integrated Reserve Defence Forces respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2065/10]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The military authorities have informed me that 2447 Reservists attended training camps in 2009. The number of personnel in each rank who attended training camps is presented in the following table.

The figures refer to non-integrated personnel. The integrated Reserve was developed on a pilot basis during 2007 and 2008 and some 300 reservists received training. The numbers participating in the Integrated Reserve pilots were disappointing and the military authorities had suspended the integrated training programme for 2009. Options for the further development of the Integrated Reserve will be considered in light of the lessons learned from the pilot programme.