Branches: Army (including Naval Service and Air Corps), National Police (Garda Siochana)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 914,052; fit for military service 739,288; reach military age (17) annually 33,809 (1994 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $500 million, 1.3% of GDP (1993)

NOTE: The information regarding Ireland on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ireland Defense Forces 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ireland Defense Forces 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.