Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Department of Defence (Revised)
2:30 pm
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The number of civilian support staff declined in 2014.
In 2013 the number was 535 and there were 517 last year. We are budgeting on an estimate of 625 this year. So we are looking to recruit quite a lot of people, which is obviously positive news that reflects the Defence Forces' complex job across many areas. A reliance on civilian staff is an important element for them.
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