Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would be the first to state that we have our challenges in the Air Corps but within the PDF establishment of a naval service, it is 1,094. The strength as of the end of September 2017 was 1,076. I do not think there is a huge shortage of personnel given the figures of 1,094 and 1,076. Nobody in the Naval Service, the flag officer commanding or the Chief of Staff, has come to me to state that they are unable to operate the full flotilla.

My priority, and this in no way plays second fiddle to the RDF-----