Written answers
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Defence Forces Strength
9:00 pm
Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 107: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in the Air Corps and Naval Service by rank. [25143/11]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The following table shows the number of persons in the Air Corps and Naval Service by rank, as at 31 August 2011, the latest date for which figures are available.
| Rank | Air Corps | Naval Service |
| Major General | 1 | 0 |
| Brigadier General | 1 | 1 |
| Colonel | 2 | 2 |
| Lieutenant Colonel | 13 | 11 |
| Commandant | 29 | 38 |
| Captain | 66 | 64 |
| Lieutenant | 35 | 39 |
| Sergeant Major | 5 | 5 |
| Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant | 4 | 5 |
| Company Sergeant | 39 | 58 |
| Company Quartermaster Sergeant | 11 | 14 |
| Sergeant | 124 | 193 |
| Corporal | 177 | 177 |
| Privates | 276 | 382 |
| Cadets | 3 | 16 |
| Total | 786 | 1,005 |
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