Sorca Clarke
Ceist:376. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacant paramedic and advanced paramedic posts in the Defence Forces Medical Corps; and when these posts will be filled. [9763/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraDáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 February 2021
376. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacant paramedic and advanced paramedic posts in the Defence Forces Medical Corps; and when these posts will be filled. [9763/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraDefence Forces Regulation CS4 and its accompanying Administrative Instructions provide for the organisation and numerical establishment of Defence Forces Units. There are no appointments for Paramedics or Advanced Paramedics within the CS4 establishment of the Central Medical Unit (CMU).
There is work ongoing to define the future requirements for such positions and to regularise these posts within the CS4 establishment.