Defence Forces Interview Process
Stagg questioned the cost and rationale of interviewing applicants rather than selecting from the waiting list. The Minister said it was his decision to interview applicants, maintained that those who attended were interviewed, and said there was no waiting list remaining.
In view of the long waiting list of young men and women anxious to join the Defence Forces, why was it necessary to advertise and set up an interview system involving all the cost of security clearance and so on that is involved in that process? Why did the Minister not simply take a number of people from the waiting list to fill the very small number of vacancies available?
Comment on this
(Limerick West): This is the first occasion on which an interview has taken place. In other years when recruitment was embarked upon no such interviews took place. It was my decision to interview all the applicants——
Comment on this
(Limerick West): All those who turned up for interview were interviewed. There is no waiting list as of now.
