Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 8,000 active-duty personnel (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the Irish Defense Forces have a small inventory of imported weapons systems from a variety of mostly European countries, particularly the UK (2023) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-25 years of age for male and female voluntary military service recruits to the Defence Forces (18-27 years of age for the Naval Service); 18-26 for cadetship (officer) applicants; 12-year service (5 active, 7 reserves) (2024). note: as of 2023, women made up about 7% of the military's full-time personnel note 2: the Defense Forces are open to refugees under the Refugee Act of 1996 and nationals of the European Economic Area, which include EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway |
Military deployments | 130 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 325 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2024). |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 0.2% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 0.3% of GDP (2022) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 0.3% of GDP (2021) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 0.3% of GDP (2020) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 0.3% of GDP (2019) |
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