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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 22 Feb 1995

Vol. 449 No. 5

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Defence Forces Statistics.

Michael Bell

Ceist:

5 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Defence the average age for officers, NCOs and men over the past 10 years; the percentage of non-operational troops each year over the same period; the number recruited and promoted to each rank each year over the same period.[3903/94]

The information is set out in a tabular statement which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.

TABULAR STATEMENT

1. Average Ages:

1994

1984

Officers

37

Not readilyavailable

NCOs

38

33

Privates

32

24

2. Recruitment since 1983:

Year

General Service

Naval Service

Apprentices

Cadets

1983

300

156

103

56

1984

560

119

38

1985

900

110

81

34

1986

61

40

1987

700

54

25

1988

500

100

100

35

1989

110

54

1990

610

135

111

42

1991

114

40

1992

50

72

29

1993

70

28

1994

420

80

71

36

3. Officers Promoted:

Ranks to which Promoted*

Lt Gen

Maj Gen

Brig Gen

Col

Lt Col

Comdt

Capt

Lt

Total

1984

1

3

6

19

14

22

35

42

142

1985

1

1

4

15

19

59

60

159

1986

1

1

3

2

14

46

64

60

191

1987

2

3

5

7

13

28

52

110

1988

1

4

7

17

16

30

75

1989

1

3

4

27

55

132

91

28

341

1990

1

4

3

15

37

80

38

178

1991

1

5

11

3

56

25

101

1992

1

1

3

11

17

1

31

52

117

1993

1

2

12

19

58

30

44

166

1994

3

11

19

36

47

41

157

Total

4

14

35

109

182

384

537

472

1,737

*Includes personnel promoted to equivalent Naval Service ranks.

4. Officers Commissioned:

Year

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

Number

68

49

40

46

39

52

37

54

66

46

31

5. Promotions to Non-Commissioned Ranks:

Ranks to which Promoted*

SM

BQMS

Coy Sgt

CQMS

Sgt

Cpl

Total

1984

3

13

29

21

182

251

499

1985

6

2

23

36

95

268

430

1986

6

9

27

35

150

250

477

1987

8

2

34

29

90

312

475

1988

1

3

14

29

94

197

338

1989

11

5

38

30

106

318

508

1990

3

4

20

19

66

128

240

1991

2

2

10

14

55

179

262

1992

2

5

7

15

76

127

232

1993

5

3

4

15

69

78

174

1994

1

6

11

15

60

117

210

Total

48

54

217

258

1,043

2,225

3,845

*Includes personnel promoted to equivalent Naval Service ranks.

6. Historical data is not available regarding the percentage of non-operational troops. However, at present approximately 5 per cent of non-commissioned personel and 2.2 per cent of officers are, for medical reasons, limited as to the range of duties which they can perform.

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