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href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(Ireland)" title="Army Reserve (Ireland)">Army Reserve</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Naval_Service_Reserve" title="Naval Service Reserve">Naval Service Reserve</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Headquarters#Military" title="Headquarters">Headquarters</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Directorate of Reserve Forces, Operations Division DFHQ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.military.ie/en/who-we-are/reserve-defence-forces/">www<wbr />.military<wbr />.ie<wbr />/en<wbr />/who-we-are<wbr />/reserve-defence-forces<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_leadership" title="Category:Military leadership">Leadership</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Defence_Forces_(Ireland)" title="Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (Ireland)">DCOS Ops</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Major General Anthony McKenna</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Director of Reserve Forces</th><td class="infobox-data">Colonel Colm Ó Luasa</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Personnel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve" title="Military reserve">Reserve personnel</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1,720 personnel <small>(Establishment: 4,069; Aug 2024)</small><sup id="cite_ref-writtenAnswersRDF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-writtenAnswersRDF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Reserve Defence Forces</b> (<b>RDF</b>) (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Na hÓglaigh Cúltaca</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are the combined <a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">reserve</a> components of the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Forces_(Ireland)" title="Defence Forces (Ireland)">Irish Defence Forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RDF is organised into the First Line Reserve (FLR) and an active Second Line Reserve. The First Line Reserve is composed of former members of the Permanent Defence Forces (PDF) and, as of August 2024, had a strength of 167.<sup id="cite_ref-writtenAnswersRDF_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-writtenAnswersRDF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Second Line Reserve comprises the <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(Ireland)" title="Army Reserve (Ireland)">Army Reserve</a> (AR) with, as of August 2024, a strength of 1,456 out of an established strength of 3,869, and the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Service_Reserve" title="Naval Service Reserve">Naval Service Reserve</a> (NSR), with a strength of 97 out of an established strength of 200.<sup id="cite_ref-writtenAnswersRDF_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-writtenAnswersRDF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The RDF was established on 1 October 2005 and replaced the Second Line Reserve, previously named <i>An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil</i> (FCÁ) in the case of the AR, and <i>An Slua Muirí</i> in the case of the NSR. The Reserve has undergone significant reorganisation and modernisation in tandem with the Permanent Defence Forces as part of the "Single Force" concept. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_organisation">History and organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reserve_Defence_Forces&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chief_of_Staff_visiting_RDF_Camp_in_Glen_of_Imall_(4901446087).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Chief_of_Staff_visiting_RDF_Camp_in_Glen_of_Imall_%284901446087%29.jpg/220px-Chief_of_Staff_visiting_RDF_Camp_in_Glen_of_Imall_%284901446087%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Chief_of_Staff_visiting_RDF_Camp_in_Glen_of_Imall_%284901446087%29.jpg/330px-Chief_of_Staff_visiting_RDF_Camp_in_Glen_of_Imall_%284901446087%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Chief_of_Staff_visiting_RDF_Camp_in_Glen_of_Imall_%284901446087%29.jpg/440px-Chief_of_Staff_visiting_RDF_Camp_in_Glen_of_Imall_%284901446087%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Defence_Forces_(Ireland)" title="Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (Ireland)">Chief of Staff</a> visiting Army reservists on annual full-time training in the <a href="/wiki/Glen_of_Imaal" title="Glen of Imaal">Glen of Imaal</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1997 a steering group was convened by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Irish_Defence_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces">Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces</a> to conduct a special study on the restructuring of the Defence Forces Reserve. The report was completed in May 1999. The Reserve Defence Forces was established on 1 October 2005 in line with the recommendations of this report, and as part of a wider restructure of the Defence Forces from 2000 onwards. </p><p>An RDF Training Authority was established in the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Forces_Training_Centre" title="Defence Forces Training Centre">Defence Forces Training Centre</a> (DFTC) which co-ordinates and conducts reserve training. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Defence (Ireland)">Minister for Defence</a> accepted the recommendations of a "Value for Money (VFM) Review of the Reserve Defence Force", published on 20 November 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Steering Committee recommended an Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve based on a total strength ceiling of 4,069 personnel, (3,869 personnel Army Reserve and 200 personnel Naval Service Reserve), subject to existing organisational structures being revised. </p><p>In order to provide sufficient paid training days to sustain this strength, the Steering Committee recommended the withdrawal of gratuities from members of the Reserve and a re-allocation of the budgetary provision for gratuities of €0.9 million to provide sufficient paid training days for members of the Reserve. </p><p>The key points are; </p> <ul><li>A new "Single Force" concept will see Army units having Reserve sub-units attached, rather than separate stand-alone Reserve units.</li> <li>A geographic spread for the Reserve will be achieved between existing Permanent Defence Force locations and the retention of 16 external locations. This consolidation into an effective organisation will entail the amalgamation and closure of units throughout the country. Recruitment is also envisaged where this is necessary to achieve the numbers required in particular locations.</li> <li>The strength of the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve was reduced from its previous establishment of 9,692 personnel to 4,069 personnel. This will be achieved through natural turnover. Implementation of the new organisational structures will require participation and flexibility from existing Reserve personnel.</li> <li>The Naval Service Reserve will consist of 200 personnel and be based in four locations.</li> <li>The number of Army personnel available to work full-time with the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve is being reduced from the current 261 Army personnel to 57 full-time Army personnel. Additional support will be provided from Army units.</li> <li>Implementation of the re-organisation, including regulatory provision for the new Reserve organisation, will be progressed in tandem with the broader re-organisation of the Army. As with the Army, there will be an implementation process to achieve the transition from current structures to the new structures. In the intervening period, the military authorities will ensure the continuity of Reserve training.</li></ul> <p>The representative body for all ranks of the RDF is the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Defence_Forces_Representative_Association" title="Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association">Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association</a> (RDFRA). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Earlier_reserve_forces:_LSF,_LDF,_FCA"><span id="Earlier_reserve_forces:_LSF.2C_LDF.2C_FCA"></span>Earlier reserve forces: LSF, LDF, FCA</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reserve_Defence_Forces&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Earlier reserve forces: LSF, LDF, FCA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(Ireland)" title="Army Reserve (Ireland)">Army Reserve (Ireland)</a></div> <p>During <i><a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(Ireland)" title="The Emergency (Ireland)">The Emergency</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>), the civilian reserve was known as the <b>Local Security Force</b>, then as the <b>Local Defence Force</b>, which subsequently became translated into Irish as <i><b>An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúl</b></i> (or FCA). The FCA persisted as such until 2005 until reorganised and renamed as above. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_tasks">Current tasks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reserve_Defence_Forces&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Current tasks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RDF_Assessment_Training_Ex_in_Glen_of_Imal_(5067114117).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/RDF_Assessment_Training_Ex_in_Glen_of_Imal_%285067114117%29.jpg/220px-RDF_Assessment_Training_Ex_in_Glen_of_Imal_%285067114117%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/RDF_Assessment_Training_Ex_in_Glen_of_Imal_%285067114117%29.jpg/330px-RDF_Assessment_Training_Ex_in_Glen_of_Imal_%285067114117%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/RDF_Assessment_Training_Ex_in_Glen_of_Imal_%285067114117%29.jpg/440px-RDF_Assessment_Training_Ex_in_Glen_of_Imal_%285067114117%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1199" data-file-height="799" /></a><figcaption>Irish <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(Ireland)" title="Army Reserve (Ireland)">Army Reserve</a> assessment training</figcaption></figure> <p>The roles of the Reserve are those assigned to the Defence Forces: </p> <ul><li>Defence against armed aggression</li> <li>Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP)</li> <li>Participation in Peace Support Operations</li> <li>Fishery Protection</li> <li>Other duties which may be assigned by Government.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Tasks are assigned to the Reserve to support the Defence Forces in fulfilling its roles. These include; </p> <ul><li>Augmentation/reinforcement of the PDF.</li> <li>Provision of logistic support.</li> <li>Provision of armed escorts.</li> <li>Guard duty.</li> <li>Augmentation of Naval Service on fishery protection patrols and overseas visits.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Port security, sighting reports, information-gathering.<sup id="cite_ref-rdfra_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rdfra-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Staffing of Military Posts during periods of PDF deployment.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiation_monitoring" title="Radiation monitoring">Radiological Monitoring</a>.</li> <li>Ceremonial duties at national and local events.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>As well as to augment the Permanent Defence Forces in times of crisis or emergency, where Reservists are liable to be called up on permanent service within the state or outside it by the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Defence (Ireland)">Minister for Defence</a> or <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government of Ireland</a> in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Act#Ireland" title="Defence Act">Defence Acts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Naval Service Reserve personnel were deployed on naval vessels in order to assist in <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland">Ireland's response to the coronavirus pandemic</a> (COVID-19) in early 2020, whereby naval vessels formed part of testing centres in support of the <a href="/wiki/Health_Service_Executive" title="Health Service Executive">HSE</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future">Future</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reserve_Defence_Forces&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RDF_Block_Winners_(5058082269).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/RDF_Block_Winners_%285058082269%29.jpg/220px-RDF_Block_Winners_%285058082269%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/RDF_Block_Winners_%285058082269%29.jpg/330px-RDF_Block_Winners_%285058082269%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/RDF_Block_Winners_%285058082269%29.jpg/440px-RDF_Block_Winners_%285058082269%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1199" data-file-height="799" /></a><figcaption>Personnel from the Reserve forces following completion of annual 10 km <i><a href="/wiki/An_Cosant%C3%B3ir" title="An Cosantóir">An Cosantóir</a></i> road race in 2014, <a href="/wiki/McKee_Barracks" title="McKee Barracks">McKee Barracks</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>2015 White Paper on Defence</i><sup id="cite_ref-wp_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <i>2016 Programme for Government</i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> provide that the overall establishment of the Army Reserve (AR) and the Naval Service Reserve (NSR) be set at 4,169 personnel, consisting of 3,869 Army Reservists and the expansion of the establishment of the four Naval Service Reserve Units from 200 to 300 personnel. In 2016, recruitment campaigns and training were stepped up to meet these targets.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Female_personnel">Female personnel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reserve_Defence_Forces&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Female personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the number of female personnel in the Permanent Defence Forces is at a low 6% (which recruitment is trying to increase),<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the number of female Reservists is higher, with 16.3% female personnel in the Army Reserve and 22% female personnel in the Naval Service Reserve.<sup id="cite_ref-rdfra_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rdfra-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="'Specialist_Reserve'_and_overseas_deployments"><span id=".27Specialist_Reserve.27_and_overseas_deployments"></span>'Specialist Reserve' and overseas deployments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reserve_Defence_Forces&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 'Specialist Reserve' and overseas deployments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prof Michael Mulqueen in his 2009 book titled <i>Re-evaluating Irish National Security Policy: Affordable Threats?</i> states "<i>The emphasis on overseas service had also been extended to the Army Reserve. A reorganisation plan envisaged 2,600 of the State's 12,000 Reservists being offered training up to the level of full-time soldiers, in preparation for overseas service. Reservists would also conduct, on a routine basis, ATCP operations. This seemed to suggest that in time, while the permanent Army concentrated on overseas missions [...] part-time soldiers would take their place in duties defined broadly enough to encompass everything from flood relief to anti-terrorist patrols.</i>"<sup id="cite_ref-national_security_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_security-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>White Paper on Defence</i> published in 2015 by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Irish government</a> sets out plans for a "Specialist Reserve" to be created within the Defence Forces, to augment professional skills that may not be readily available within the PDF, such as <a href="/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology" title="Information and communications technology">ICT</a>, medical, <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">ordnance</a>, heavy vehicle mechanics and engineering professionals.<sup id="cite_ref-wp_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The White Paper expects that personnel seconded to the Specialist Reserve could, subject to their availability, be integrated with their PDF counterparts and take part in live operations, including overseas missions, similar to other European reserve military forces. </p><p>In June 2021, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence <a href="/wiki/Simon_Coveney" title="Simon Coveney">Simon Coveney</a> brought amendments of the Defence Acts through the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a> which enable overseas service for Defence Forces Reservists in legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reserve_Defence_Forces&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Components of the Reserve Defence Forces (and previously the FCÁ) were involved as <a href="/wiki/Extra_(acting)" title="Extra (acting)">extras</a> in the filming of the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">D-Day landing</a> battle scenes in <i><a href="/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan" title="Saving Private Ryan">Saving Private Ryan</a></i> – as well as battle scenes in <i><a href="/wiki/Braveheart" title="Braveheart">Braveheart</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/My_Boy_Jack_(film)" title="My Boy Jack (film)">My Boy Jack</a></i> and other feature films.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reserve_Defence_Forces&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.defence.ie/WebSite.nsf/WP_sub112">The Reserve and the Single Force Concept (Green Paper submission)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reserve_Defence_Forces&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Hansard). 17 October 2024. <q>As of 31 August 2024, the effective strength of the Second Line Reserve stood at 1,553, which consists of 1,456 Army Reserve personnel and 97 Naval Service Reserve personnel. 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