Written answers
Thursday, 7 May 2015
Department of Defence
Defence Forces Personnel Data
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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103. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank, who retired in the years 2013 and 2014 and to date in 2015. [18006/15]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of personnel who left the Defence Forces in the period 1stJanuary 2013 to 1stMay 2015 was 1,125. A detailed breakdown of these personnel by rank is contained in the table below.
Defence Forces Discharges by Rank,1 January 2013 to 1 May 2015
| Rank | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant General | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brigadier General | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Colonel | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| Lieutenant Colonel | 12 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| Commandant | 20 | 28 | 9 | 57 |
| Captain | 21 | 21 | 9 | 51 |
| Lieutenant | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| Sergeant Major | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Company Sergeant | 11 | 19 | 4 | 34 |
| Company Quartermaster Sergeant | 14 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| Sergeant | 51 | 44 | 22 | 117 |
| Corporal | 59 | 39 | 22 | 120 |
| Private | 272 | 269 | 92 | 633 |
| Cadets | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Total Discharges | 470 | 482 | 173 | 1,125 |
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