Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 July 2022
437. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence if he will detail the cost of increasing the establishment figure of the Defence Forces by 2,000 to 11,500 personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38997/22]
View answerThe Government has approved a move to ‘Level of Ambition 2’ (LOA2), as set out in the capability framework devised by the Commission on the Defence Forces. The move to LOA2 will require an additional 2,000 personnel (civil and military) over and above the current establishment of 9,500. Work has already commenced on this with the recently announced recruitment campaign, ‘BE MORE’.
Ultimately, the costing of the additional numbers will be subject to detailed workforce planning. In that context, and commensurate with the associated levels of organisational change required, final, definitive costings are currently not available.
