Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2006
515 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the numbers of new recruits in each of the past five years to the public service under the auspices of his Department; and age distribution of these new recruits. [20219/06]
View answerThe numbers of civilian employees and Defence Forces' personnel recruited in the last five years are set out in the following tables.
|
Age distribution |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
16-19 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
20-29 |
2 |
5 |
20 |
5 |
13 |
|
30-39 |
4 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
40-49 |
7 |
12 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
|
50-59 |
5 |
10 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
60-65 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total for year |
25 |
40 |
37 |
7 |
18 |
|
Overall total |
127 |
|
Age distribution |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
17-20 |
714 |
403 |
366 |
440 |
304 |
|
21-25 |
221 |
219 |
174 |
201 |
167 |
|
26-30 |
13 |
15 |
11 |
16 |
7 |
|
31-35 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Total for year |
948 |
638 |
552 |
659 |
479 |
|
Overall total |
3,276 |
