Naval Service staffing crisis deepens as critical engineers leave for better pay on cruise ships

LE Samuel Beckett in Ballycotton Bay, east Cork. Image: Irish Defence Forces LE Samuel Beckett in Ballycotton Bay, east Cork. Image: Irish Defence Forces THE GOVERNMENT WAS warned one year ago in a secret report that the Irish Navy was likely to be reduced to just three operational ships due to a fall in critical engineering staff, The Journal has learned.

It currently has five ships available for operational patrols but repeated concerns have been expressed about the level of staffing. It is understood that during this event officers had advised that there was an impending need to tie up another navy ship due to staffing shortfalls. “A group was set up to look at recruitment and retention but it is five years too late – everyone in the navy could see this staffing issue coming to fruition.

“We all joined to want to do that kind of work – we want to be able to use our skills and be involved in good work. The issue of the retention of Naval Service personnel will be raised in the Dáil tonight in questions with Minister Coveney.

It's weird that national defence is the only aspect of government expenditure where cuts carry no political cost and increased funding is a vote loser. Having a full complement of 8 barely armed patrol vessels would have the midwits bleating about imminent war.

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