Defence Forces

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Questions (189)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Question:

189. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in recruit training in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, respectively, in tabular form [22372/23]

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Written answers

Minister for Defence (Deputy Micheál Martin)

I am informed by the military authorities that it was not possible to collate the required information within the timeframe available. I shall provide the information to the Deputy once it becomes available.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51:

The military authorities have provided the information in the following table, showing the requested breakdown of General Service Recruits (GSR) in recruit training as at 31 March 2023.

	Army	Air Corp	Naval Service	Total
GSR in Recruit Training	37	3	4	44

In addition to the above a further 43 Army recruits have progressed to Private 2* training.