Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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407. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant positions for nurses, dentists and physiotherapists in the Defence Forces medical corps. [1185/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There are currently thirteen (13) vacancies for Nurses and four (4) for Dental Officers in the DF medical corps. Both the Army Nursing Service and the provision of dental services to DF personnel are currently under review. Following a previous review of the DF Physiotherapy service, sanction was received to appoint 5.5 civilian phyiotherapists on a full-time basis. There are currently 3.5 vacancies in this regard.