Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 125: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons who have been selected to go to the next stage in the recruitment of the additional personnel for the Army, Naval and Air Corps; the number that were women that have been successful at the first stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22269/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Military Authorities that as a result of the General Service recruitment campaign which closed on 22 April 2012 a total of 10,155 applications were received for positions in the Permanent Defence Force. Of those who applied 9,728 will be going forward for psychometric testing which is the next stage of the competition. The following table outlines the numbers of males and females progressing to the psychometric testing stage of the competition across the Army and Naval Service.

There is no requirement for recruitment into the Air Corps at this time.