Written answers
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Department of Defence
Defence Forces Retirements
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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1733. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numbers of personnel seeking to be discharged from the Air Corps, Naval Service and the Army, per month, each month over the past year, and in total for each year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will provide an overview of the reasons. [1779/17]
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables:
VOLUNTARY DISCHARGES PDF 2016
| 2016 | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMY | 11 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 53 | 20 |
| NAVY | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| AIR CORPS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
VOLUNTARY DISCHARGES PDF 2015-2011
| 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMY | 168 | 159 | 123 | 166 | 101 |
| NAVY | 46 | 36 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
| AIR CORPS | 20 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 31 |
I am informed that many individuals who exit the Defence Forces do so voluntarily to take up other employment opportunities in the private or public sector. No records are kept of what career paths are followed by former members of the Defence Forces and on application for discharge they are under no obligation to divulge information on future plans for employment. The figures set out above include applications for voluntary discharge for such reasons as ‘on pension after 21 years’, ‘at own request’, ‘on termination of engagement’, ‘discharge by purchase of a recruit’ etc.
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