Defence Forces Personnel

Tuesday, 24 November 2020

Ceisteanna (462)

Sorca Clarke

Ceist:

462. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of qualified or specialised members of the Defence Forces who have left the service in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the specialised area of each. [38550/20]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Defence

The information sought could not be collated without some clarification from the Deputy which has been sought through the Minister's Office.

Once this clarification is received, I will request the Military Authorities to provide this information as soon as possible and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as the information is made available to me.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

The number of trained personnel who have discharged from Óglaigh na hÉireann across the three (3) Services in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 is as follows (these figures do not include those who left before completing induction training i.e. Recruit training and Cadetship):

Year	Army	Air Corps	Naval Service	Total Trained Discharges
2018	419	59	123	601
2019	499	81	117	697
2020*	285	36	64	385

*as at 31 October 2020.

Having completed induction training, it is practice for the Defence Forces personnel to accrue a broad range of skills during the course of their career. These skills can include weapons systems, explosive ordnance disposal, mechanical fitter skills, etc.

Each skill has an associated skill code and therefore it would be a resource intensive exercise to extrapolate the codes for every individual who retired during the years in question.