Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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305. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment, strength and vacancies of the Permanent Defence Forces in the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43120/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The table below provides the details requested by the Deputy, as at 31st October 2020.

The Government remains committed to restoring the strength of the Permanent Defence Force to 9,500 personnel as set out in the White Paper on Defence (2015) and, in that context, recruitment is ongoing.