Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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145. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies, by rank currently in the Defence Forces School of Music; and when will each of the vacancies be filled, in tabular form. [46466/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The military authorities have provided the following details in relation to the vacancies in the Defence Forces School of Music, as at 19 October 2023:

Vacancies will be filled in line with promotional arrangements and by recruitment. A recent recruitment campaign for instrumentalists resulted in 7 instrumentalists being inducted in September 2023 and it is planned to hold a competition for the vacancy at Captain level (Conductor) in the near future.