Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 March 2017
642. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Army units are inadequately staffed by commissioned officers, with less than 50% actual strength in station. [15157/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe following table shows the establishment figure for Commissioned Officers in the Army versus actual whole time equivalent strength numbers on 31 January 2017 and demonstrates that actual serving strength of Officer Ranks is approximately 92 % at present.
|
Lt Gen |
Maj Gen |
Brig Gen |
Col |
Lt Col |
Comdt |
Capt |
Lt |
TOTAL |
|
|
ARMY Establishment Figure |
1 |
2 |
6 |
34 |
110 |
257 |
306 |
167 |
883 |
|
ARMY STRENGTH* |
1 |
2 |
6 |
31 |
103 |
255 |
261 |
165 |
815 |
|
Officer Strength as % of Establishment Figure |
10 0% |
10 0% |
10 0% |
91.8 % |
93.64 % |
9 9.22 % |
8 5.29 % |
98 .80 % |
92. 30% |
* All strengths are given as Whole Time Equivalents.
