Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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384. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applications from former members of foreign military services to join the Defence Forces; and the number that were allowed to join the Defence Forces in the past ten years. [18567/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the military authorities that the Defence Forces do not collate data on former members of foreign military services who have applied to join the Defence Forces.

While information concerning previous military experience of applicants is collected at the recruitment stage, such data is not retained once the recruitment process has been completed for reasons of data protection.