Written answers
Tuesday, 23 May 2006
Department of Defence
Defence Forces Recruitment
9:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 515: To ask the Minister for Defence the numbers of new recruits in each of the past five years to the public service under the auspices of his Department; and age distribution of these new recruits. [20219/06]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The numbers of civilian employees and Defence Forces' personnel recruited in the last five years are set out in the following tables.
| Civilian employees recruited in the last five years | |||||
| Age distribution | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| 16-19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20-29 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 13 |
| 30-39 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 40-49 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 50-59 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 60-65 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total for year | 25 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 18 |
| Overall total | 127 |
| Personnel recruited to the Permanent Defence Force | |||||
| Age distribution | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| 17-20 | 714 | 403 | 366 | 440 | 304 |
| 21-25 | 221 | 219 | 174 | 201 | 167 |
| 26-30 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 7 |
| 31-35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Total for year | 948 | 638 | 552 | 659 | 479 |
| Overall total | 3,276 |
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