Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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652. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applications and the number that were commissioned under the Naval Service direct entry scheme in each of the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form. [1811/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The table below outlines the number of applications and inductions under the Naval Service direct entry schemes, by Officer and Other Ranks, for each year from 2019 to 2022:

Reasons for the high attrition rate include the following: -

- applicants ineligible from a qualification perspective,

- high percentage of no-shows at the various induction stages,

- failure to reply when applicants asked to forward their qualifications, and

- failed interview and fitness tests.

In the case of no-shows, the Defence Forces have been proactive in attempting to rearrange interview times more suitable to the applicant.