Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 September 2017
546. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current waiting times to hear confirmation after the medical and interview section of the application to join the Army has been completed; and when a person (details supplied) can expect to hear if they have been successful or not. [40396/17]
View answerThere are a number of stages to the process for induction as a General Service Recruit to the Permanent Defence Force. It is not possible for the Defence Forces to provide certainty of the timeframe for this process, although every effort is made to reduce such timeframes. The Defence Forces has introduced initiatives to speed up the recruitment process.
Once individuals have been approved for recruitment they must then wait for a position on the next planned recruit platoon based on their expressed preferences at the time of application.
The individual named remains a live candidate on the system and it is anticipated that the Defence Forces Recruitment and Competitions Section will be in contact with him to update him on his application.
