Defence Forces
Dail Éireann — 2025-05-08
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Ruairí Ó Murchú (SF), Louth

Could the Tánaiste detail the plans this year as regards funding, resourcing, recruitment and retention at the Defence Forces? We all know that if we take this over a five-year period, we have had more losses than we have had recruitment. It is a huge issue. We are well away from reaching what is necessary for level of ambition 2. I think that at present we could be below the numbers required even for level of ambition 1. What is to be done?

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Sitting date: 2025-05-08