Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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83. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of new recruits in the Defence Forces since 2011; and the number of those recruits that are no longer in the Defence Forces. [23879/18]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The table sets out the number of general service recruits inducted for each of the years 2002 to 2017 inclusive. It does not include those in cadetships. Data collated by the military authorities does not track individual entrants but is collated in the aggregate. As set out in the table, it is not unusual to have more than 20% of any annual recruitment intake leave during induction training.