Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of recruitment campaigns for the Defence Forces in 2018; and the number of new recruits in the Defence Forces in 2018. [18048/19]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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In 2018, expenditure relating to the publicity and advertising of the various recruitment campaigns amounted to approximately €424,000.

The number of inductions to the Defence Forces in 2018 was 612, which included 492 (32F) General Service recruits.