Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel employed within the Army bomb disposal unit and for each of the past ten years; if there are staff shortages in the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45882/19]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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For reasons of operational security, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on the disposition and specifics of the Defence Forces' Explosive Ordnance Disposal capabilities.

As I have previously outlined, there are a wide range of recruitment and retention initiatives underway for Permanent Defence Force personnel.