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Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...country is worse than useless. The biggest threat to our Defence Forces is Government policy. We have an exodus of personnel from the Defence Forces currently because of the Government's actions. The Defence Forces strength is down to 7,500 in the Army, the Naval Service and the Air Corps. This exodus is caused by the Government's actions on pay, conditions and terms of work. Simply,...

Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Brendan Smith: ...case for a large number. To our shame, many of those are women. As Minister for Defence, An Tánaiste knows that the greatest challenge he faces is delivering on the level of ambition 2 goal of the Defence Forces commission report, namely, increasing Defence Forces strength to 11,500 by 2028. That is a huge challenge but one made more difficult by the fact that the Defence Forces...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...to the previous questions, the Defence Forces are developing strategies to increase recruitment to address the current shortfall in numbers and to plan for future increases. The target is to realise a Defence Forces strength of 11,500 by 2028, incorporating an appropriate civilian component. A range of initiatives are under way to counter the existing staffing challenges. In respect...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Simon Coveney: ..., to get to where we need to be by the end of 2028. The Defence Forces are developing strategies to increase recruitment and address the current shortfall in numbers. The target is to realise a Defence Forces strength of 11,500 by 2028, incorporating an appropriate civilian component. A joint civil-military implementation management office has been established to support the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...in The Irish Timesstated one third of fisheries patrols were cancelled by the naval service last year. A submission from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to the Commission on the Defence Forces stated Ireland had to rely on an EU ship to patrol our fishing zones for the first time. Some four of our nine vessels are out of action, mostly due to low staffing. Basic pay,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (17 Nov 2020)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (8 Oct 2020)

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Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...information on the Bill that states, interestingly, that there will be no cost to the Exchequer. This is ironic in a context in which our Defence Forces are the lowest paid of all public servants. Defence Forces strength is at its lowest in 50 years. All these facts and figures have been quoted ad nauseamby various Deputies and I am not going into them again except to say it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (17 Dec 2019)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (7 Nov 2019)

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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...have done, and into other areas of the private sector. How can society retain the Defence Forces in any shape or form or will numbers be further reduced as time goes on? RACO reckon that by 2030 Defence Forces strength will be down to 7,500 members.

Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: .... I refer, for example, to the fact that the Minister of State, in his wisdom, has decided to prioritise this Bill over others that we believe are more important because of the crisis in the Defence Forces, particularly as it relates to the retention of personnel. If I were in the position of the Minister of State, this Bill might not necessarily have been my priority. The Bill makes...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (24 Sep 2019)

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Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (11 Jul 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...it is at 5%. For the navy it is 14% and counting. There was an unprecedented rate of departures and discharges in the first four months of this year, when 256 personnel left. That continued into May and June and I am told the number is 90 this month. When RACO surveyed its officers, 80% of those inducted from 2013, only six years ago, said they intend to leave well in advance of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (13 Jun 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Kehoe: In the White Paper on Defence 2015, it was recommended that we would have a Defence Forces strength of 9,500 personnel. That was after the reorganisation. As the Deputy well knows, everybody was very much involved in the preparation of the White Paper on Defence 2015, including all Opposition party Members, many stakeholders, military management and everyone in the Department. A massive...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (11 Apr 2019)

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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (21 Nov 2018)

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Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (26 Jun 2018)

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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (10 May 2018)

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Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (12 Dec 2017)

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