Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 December 2017
277. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of uniformed personnel in all branches of the Defence Forces; the numbers in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, respectively; and the ratio of commissioned officers to rank and file members across the three branches. [52249/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe tabular statement set out below provides, across all three services, the total strength of the Permanent Defence Force as of 31 October 2017 along with the ratio of Commissioned Officers to Enlisted personnel. The figures provided are for whole time equivalent posts.
|
Total Officers |
Cadets |
Other Enlisted |
Total Enlisted |
Total Strength |
Ratio of Officers to Enlisted |
|
|
Army |
771 |
151 |
6,495 |
6,646 |
7,417 |
1 : 8.61 |
|
Air Corps |
124 |
38 |
582 |
620 |
744 |
1 : 5.00 |
|
Naval Service |
161 |
24 |
873 |
897 |
1,058 |
1 : 5.57 |
|
TOTAL |
1,056 |
213 |
7,950 |
8,163 |
9,219 |
1 : 7.73 |
