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Defence Forces Reserve

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 February 2021

Wednesday, 3 February 2021

Ceisteanna (340)

James Lawless

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340. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Force as of 31 December 2020; if he will provide a breakdown of all ranks across the three services and the gender breakdown of same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5522/21]

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The Reserve Defence Force (RDF) is comprised of the First Line Reserve (FLR), the Army Reserve (AR) and the Naval Service Reserve (NSR). 

As of 31 December 2020, the effective strength of the Army Reserve (AR) and Naval Service Reserve (NSR) combined, is 1,588, and is set out in the table below:

 

 LT COL

 COMDT

 CAPT

 LT

 TOTAL OFFR

 SM

 BQMS

 CS

CQMS 

 SGT

CPL 

TOTAL NCO 

 PTE

TOTAL 

 AR

 5

 46

 76

 98

 225

 1

 4

 24

 40

 245

 248

 562

 676

 1463

 NR

 0

  4

  8

 11

  23

 0

 4

 5

  0

13

  13

  35

  67

  125

The breakdown of female Officers, NCOs and Privates in the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve,  213 in total as of 31 December 2020, is as follows:

 

 LT COL

 COMDT

 CAPT

 LT

 TOTAL OFFR

 SM

 BQMS

 CS

CQMS 

 SGT

CPL 

TOTAL NCO 

 PTE

TOTAL 

 AR

 0

 3

 10

 18

 31

 0

 0

 0

 2

 21

 43

 66

 95

 192

 NSR

 0

  0

  0

 2

  2

 0

 0

 0

  0

1

  3

  4

  15

  21

The substantive strength of the First Line Reserve (FLR) as of 31 December 2020 is as follows:

 OFFR

 NCO

 PTE

 TOTAL

 Army

 -

 14

  118

 132

 Air Corps

 -

  4

   20

  24

 Naval Service

 3

 16

   87

 106

 TOTAL

 3

 34

 225

 262

*The gender breakdown of the FLR is not available

Question No. 341 answered with Question No. 339.
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