Written answers
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Department of Defence
Defence Forces Reserve
9:00 am
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 433: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Reserve Defence Forces training man-days allocated for use in 2009 and 2010 respectively; the number of same which were used in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41138/10]
Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The number of Reserve Defence Force (RDF) paid training man-days allocated for use in 2009 and 2010 and the number which were used in 2009 and to date in 2010 are as follows:
| Allocated | Used | |
| 2009 | 60,000 | 53,898 |
| 2010 | 31,000 | 27,855 (to 31 October) |
The uptake of training in the Reserve is voluntary and is comprised of both paid and unpaid training. Paid training is made available to Reservists who have met specified periods of voluntary unpaid training as determined by the military authorities.
The 2010 provision is sufficient to ensure that all active members of the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve are afforded the opportunity to avail of paid training this year and provides an allocation of training man-days to be used to deliver enhanced training to selected members of the Reserve, through full time courses of instruction in addition to their annual training.
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