Billy Timmins
Question:128 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence if the height required for females wishing to apply for entry to the Defence Forces will be reduced to five foot two inches. [4990/98]
Vol. 487 No. 7
128 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence if the height required for females wishing to apply for entry to the Defence Forces will be reduced to five foot two inches. [4990/98]
The minimum height requirement for male and female recruits joining the Defence Forces was previously set at five foot five inches. I recently reviewed the matter and decided, in light of the natural height difference between males and females, to reduce the minimum height requirement for female recruits to five foot four inches.