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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...been previously acknowledged and the Defence Forces are developing strategies to achieve increased recruitment and to address the current shortfall in numbers. The longer-term target is to realise a Defence Forces strength of 11,500 by 2028, incorporating an appropriate civilian component, in line with the recommendation of the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. However, in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...the current establishment figure of 9,500. The Defence Forces are developing strategies to achieve increased recruitment and to 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. As is clear both from the experience to date and the Commission on the Defence Forces' analysis, there...