Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 July 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. Derek Priestley:

I point to the number of medical officers in the Defence Forces. We are about a third understrength. We have 20.5 full time equivalents, so that is 20.5 doctors in the Defence Forces. They do a wide range of jobs. They do not just see patients. They also do medical legal work and management work. If we could push that number up, it would follow that the medical aid posts, MAPs, would be enhanced as there would be people in place. In the case of the Army nursing service-----

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