Written Answers. - Defence Forces Recruiting Campaign.
asked the Minister for Defence the cost of the present Defence Force recruiting campaign; the strength of the force each month from March to September this year; the number recruited; and if he will give the number who left in that period, in the form of a reply to part (a) of Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 21 October 1980.
Comment on this
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle to circulate it with the Official Report.
The information requested is as follows:—
The cost of the recruiting campaign during 1980 was £340,000.
Strengths — Permanent Defence Force
Numbers recruited from 1 March 1980 to 30 September 1980. Officers 38; Other Ranks (including cadets) 1,425.
Numbers who left the Permanent Defence Force for various reasons — discharge, died, transferred to the Reserve, and so on from 1 March 1980 to 30 September 1980. Officers 44. Other Ranks (including Cadets) 1,274.