• 11 July 2023 appearance before Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence can be accessed here (https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/debateRecord/joint_committee_on_foreign_affairs_and_defence/2023-07-11/debate/mul@/main.pdf)(transcript). Video can be accessed here.(https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-tv/video-archive/committees/8099/?fbclid=IwAR2nOP-RniheZ2VaNzvJNeW-ofvop47IOyzb-Eyb_Dqwk4QxTXPJ0A-hpQI) • 05 October 2021 appearance before Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence can be accessed here (undefined)(transcript). Video can be accessed here.(https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-tv/video-archive/committees/4709/) • 07 February 2019 appearance before Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence can be accessed here (https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_foreign_affairs_and_trade_and_defence/2019-02-07/2/)(transcript). Video can be accessed here.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9QvsP7hS2I) • 09 February 2017 appearance before Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence can be accessed here (https://www.oireachtas.ie/ga/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_foreign_affairs_and_trade_and_defence/2017-02-09/2/)(transcript). Video can be accessed here.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gY2CaDIEiU) • 04 November 2015 appearance before Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality can be accessed here (https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_defence_and_equality/2015-11-04/3/)(transcript). Video can be accessed here.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sl5PCO6wO0) • 12 November 2014 appearance before Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality can be accessed here (https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_defence_and_equality/2014-11-12/2/)(transcript). Video can be accessed here.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zueXpJtTii8) • 24 April 2013 appearance before Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality can be accessed here (https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_defence_and_equality/2013-04-24/2/)(transcript). Video can be accessed here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arL0QMqklF0)(Part 1) and here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jXjuuhrwdk)(Part 2).

• 'Reserve of ex-Defence Forces personnel down to just three officers, Irish Times,(https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/08/15/reserve-of-ex-defence-forces-personnel-down-to-just-three-officers/) 15 August 2023 • Reserve Defence Forces being hit by "nonsensical" retirement rules, warns association', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41077697.html) 23 February 2023 • 'Defence Forces Reserve is on life-support with no urgency to provide a cure', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41064278.html) 06 February 2023 • 'Fears Reserve Defence Force could cease to exist within three years', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41064791.html) 05 February 2023 • 'Major push to bolster Reserve Defence Forces', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40805148.html) 10 February 2022 • 'How Ireland's military would look under proposed overhaul', Irish Times,(https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/how-ireland-s-military-would-look-under-proposed-overhaul-1.4797213) 08 February 2022 • 'Michael McDowell: We run down the Defence Forces at our peril', Irish Times,(https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/michael-mcdowell-we-run-down-the-defence-forces-at-our-peril-1.4791015) 02 February 2022 • 'Reserve Defence Force in "precarious" state and may disappear, TDs told', Irish Times,(https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/reserve-defence-force-in-precarious-state-and-may-disappear-tds-told-1.4692153) 05 October 2021 • 'Reserve Defence Force numbers significantly below strength', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40707395.html) 28 September 2021 • 'Reservists' body wants law to protect jobs', Law Society Gazette Ireland,(https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2021/08-august/reservists-body-wants-law-to-protect-jobs) 17 August 2021 • 'Reservists seek job security during overseas missions', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40360412.html) 16 August 2021 • 'No holiday for Reserve Defence Forces', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-40358702.html) 14 August 2021 • 'Reserve members of Defence Forces to be allowed to serve overseas for first time', Irish Times,(https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/reserve-members-of-defence-forces-to-be-allowed-to-serve-overseas-for-first-time-1.4608230) 30 June 2021 • 'Army Reserves at just a third of full strength', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40014425.html) 12 July 2020 • 'Reserve Defence Forces prepare to mobilise against Covid-19', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30989168.html) 20 March 2020 • 'Reserve forces "owed millions of euro"', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/reserve-forces-owed-millions-of-euro-934365.html) 03 July 2019 • 'Reserve Defence Forces Association claims Minister has "essentially forgotten about their existence"', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/reserve-defence-forces-association-claim-minister-has-essentially-forgotten-about-their-existence-924116.html) 14 May 2019 • 'Department of Defence agrees to scrap eyesight test blamed for loss of up to 40% of potential recruits', breakingnews.ie,(https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/department-of-defence-agrees-to-scrap-eyesight-test-blamed-for-loss-of-up-to-40-of-potential-recruits-917109.html) 11 April 2019 • 'Naval eyesight anomaly still in place despite year-old promise', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/naval-eyesight-anomaly-stillin-place-despite-year-old-promise-909534.html) 08 March 2019 • 'Military reservists claim pay discrimination', Irish Examiner,(https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/military-reservists-claim-pay-discrimination-903025.html) 08 February 2019 • 'Call to action to end "wide malaise" in State's defence sector', Irish Times,(https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/call-for-action-to-end-wide-malaise-in-state-s-defence-sector-1.3785572) 07 February 2019 • 'Defence Forces seeks recruits amid concern over troop numbers', Irish Times,(https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/defence-forces-seeks-recruits-amid-concern-over-troop-numbers-1.3235964) 27 September 2017 • 'Reserve Defence Forces may cease to exist "within months"', Irish Times,(https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/reserve-defence-forces-may-cease-to-exist-within-months-1.2970103) 10 February 2017