I've dug some old numbers up from looking at PQ's.
This has been difficult because the Department has always answered Strength of the DF question which gets asked three or four times as year by responding with PDF numbers which is technically not correct as it ignores The Reserve;
(see http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1.../en/html#sec18)
you therefore have to dig up FCA/RDF numbers separately. I did a lot of this work years ago for the RDF but I've done PDF now as well. I'll post 1969-1979 first
PDF
1969 8242 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1969-02-25/31/
1970 8575 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1970-04-16/21/
1971 8728 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1971-06-17/63/
1972 10144
1973 10635 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1973-12-06/35/ Numbers begin to rapidly rise due the Troubles
1974 11312 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1974-04-24/12/
1975 12736 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1975-10-22/42/
1976 13800 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates.../1976-03-25/9/
1977 14771 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1977-10-12/89/
1978 13964 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1987-10-20/94/
1979 13569 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1979-05-03/22/
FCA
1968 19773 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...7/00036.asp#N4
1969 20459 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...7/00099.asp#N4 (note als average dropous of6273 )
1970 18533 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19.../00033.asp#N10
1971 16984 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...5/00040.asp#N5
1972 19430 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...00005.asp#N189
1973 16315 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19.../00023.asp#N16
1974 16834 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19.../00025.asp#N55
1975 17504 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...00005.asp#N189
1976 17987 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...00005.asp#N189
1977 18787 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...0/00043.asp#N3
1978 19641 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19.../00025.asp#N55
1979 17315
Total
28701
27108
25712
29574
26950
28146
30240
31787
33558
33605
30884
We can see PDF numbers rising rapidly ; that 1977 figure is the highest I can find. This is of course due to the troubles. I'lll post 79-89 in a day or so.
Note in many cases here FLR and Cadets are excluded from the PQ replies - this causes some changes in the numbers but broadly here in these dates its about right.
This has been difficult because the Department has always answered Strength of the DF question which gets asked three or four times as year by responding with PDF numbers which is technically not correct as it ignores The Reserve;
(see http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1.../en/html#sec18)
you therefore have to dig up FCA/RDF numbers separately. I did a lot of this work years ago for the RDF but I've done PDF now as well. I'll post 1969-1979 first
1969 8242 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1969-02-25/31/
1970 8575 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1970-04-16/21/
1971 8728 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1971-06-17/63/
1972 10144
1973 10635 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1973-12-06/35/ Numbers begin to rapidly rise due the Troubles
1974 11312 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1974-04-24/12/
1975 12736 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1975-10-22/42/
1976 13800 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates.../1976-03-25/9/
1977 14771 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1977-10-12/89/
1978 13964 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1987-10-20/94/
1979 13569 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates...1979-05-03/22/
FCA
1968 19773 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...7/00036.asp#N4
1969 20459 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...7/00099.asp#N4 (note als average dropous of6273 )
1970 18533 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19.../00033.asp#N10
1971 16984 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...5/00040.asp#N5
1972 19430 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...00005.asp#N189
1973 16315 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19.../00023.asp#N16
1974 16834 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19.../00025.asp#N55
1975 17504 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...00005.asp#N189
1976 17987 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...00005.asp#N189
1977 18787 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19...0/00043.asp#N3
1978 19641 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/19.../00025.asp#N55
1979 17315
Total
28701
27108
25712
29574
26950
28146
30240
31787
33558
33605
30884
We can see PDF numbers rising rapidly ; that 1977 figure is the highest I can find. This is of course due to the troubles. I'lll post 79-89 in a day or so.
Note in many cases here FLR and Cadets are excluded from the PQ replies - this causes some changes in the numbers but broadly here in these dates its about right.
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