Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and dentists in the Defence Forces medical corps; the number of vacancies in these areas in the medical corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42465/18]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is as outlined in the following table.

An additional four Medical Officers are currently seconded as part of the Military Medicine Training Scheme which was launched by the Defence Forces in 2017. Military Medicine as a specialist discipline was formally recognised by the Irish Medical Council in 2015.