Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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434. To ask the Minister for Defence the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department; and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this varies from the end of 2008 and the end of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29194/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Defence Organisation includes civil servants, military personnel and civilian employees attached to military installations. The average age of permanent Civil Service staff and personnel in the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) is shown in the table.

In a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 13 May 2014 an incorrect figure was provided for the average age of members of the Permanent Defence Force in 2011. The figure above in respect of the Permanent Defence Force for 2011 is the correct figure.

The average age of civilian employees attached to military installations is currently 55 years. Data relating to the civilian employee workforce is not maintained in a manner which would facilitate the production of annual age comparisons.