Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 67: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons employed in the Naval Service dive recovery team; and the number he expects to recruit during the next two years. [38661/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The number of persons currently employed within the Naval Service Diving Section (NSDS) is eleven. The establishment for the Naval Service Diving Section is twenty three. As the Naval Service Diving Section can cater for a maximum of 12 students per course, and only one course is held annually, the maximum number of students that could be trained over the next two years is twenty four. Naval Service operational requirements will dictate the number of students who can be released at one time to attend this course, and therefore it is not possible at this juncture to say how many will be released to attend over the next 2 years.