Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 February 2012
235 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Defence the number of personnel by rank who have indicated their intention to retire before 29 February 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8706/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe number of personnel who retired from the Defence Forces in the period from 1 January 2012 to 10 February 2012 was 157. A further 208 personnel have indicated their intention to depart the Defence Forces before 29 February 2012. A detailed breakdown of these figures by rank is contained in the table below. It is the Government's intention that the Defence Forces retain the capacity to operate effectively across all of the assigned roles to them. It was against this backdrop, and having regard to restricted financial allocations, that the Government decided to maintain the strength of the Permanent Defence Force at 9,500 personnel. This recognises the significant modernisation that has been achieved to date.
In response to this revised strength ceiling of 9,500, there will be a major re-organisation of the Defence Forces encompassing a reduction in the number of Army Brigades from three to two. I have asked the Chief of Staff and the Secretary General of the Department of Defence to bring forward detailed proposals for my consideration.
Having said that, I recognise that the departure of the number of personnel outlined earlier, over a short period, will require close monitoring, particularly where vacancies arise in critical appointments. In order to address this issue, limited promotion competitions will take place to provide candidates to fill critical vacancies. In addition, within the agreed 2012 estimates, limited recruitment will be undertaken in 2012. Throughout this process careful monitoring will take place to ensure that any problems arising are managed in the interim period.
|
Subject |
BRIG GEN |
COL |
LT COL |
CMDR |
COMDT |
LT CMDR |
CAPT |
Total |
|
|
Retired from 01-Jan-2012 to 10-Feb 2012 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
|
|
Expected to Retire up to 29-Feb-2012 |
5 |
7 |
17 |
2 |
31 |
||||
|
2 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
24 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
47 |
|
Subject |
SGT Major |
BQMS |
CS/FS/BS |
CQMS/ FQMS |
SGT |
CPL |
Total NCO’S |
PTE 3 */REC |
Total |
|
Discharged from 01-Jan-2012 to 10-Feb 2012 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
23 |
25 |
57 |
84 |
141 |
|
Additional Expected to Depart up to 29-Feb-2012 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
12 |
40 |
33 |
101 |
76 |
177 |
|
3 |
1 |
16 |
17 |
63 |
58 |
158 |
160 |
318 |
|
|
TOTAL |
365 |
