Michael Bell
Question:90 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Defence the number of personnel of the Defence Forces serving abroad in a diplomatic quasi-diplomatic type of capacity such as Austria; and the purpose of their mission. [3355/97]
Written Answers. - Defence Forces Personnel Overseas.
Michael Bell
Question:91 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Defence the number and location of personnel serving overseas; the mission of these personnel; and under whose auspices the troops are serving. [3356/97]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 91 together.
As the information sought is in the form of a tabular statement I propose to circulate it in the Official Report.
STATEMENT
Current participation by members of the Permanent Defence Forces in overseas missions is as follows:
1. UN Missions
|
(i) UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) |
616 |
|
(ii) UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation — 7 in Israel, 4 in Syria and 1 in Lebanon) |
12 |
|
(iii) UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus) |
30 |
|
(iv) UNIKOM (United Nations Iraq Kuwait Observer Mission) |
5 |
|
(v) UNSMA (United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan) |
1 |
|
(vi) MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) |
8 |
|
(vii) United Nations Operations in the former Yugoslavia |
|
|
(a) UNTAES (United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium) |
2 |
|
(b) UNPREDEP (United Nations Preventive Deployment Force) |
2 |
|
(c) UNMOP (United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka) |
1 |
|
Total UN |
678 |
2. EU Missions
|
European Community Monitor Mission (ECMM) to former Yugoslavia |
22 |
3. Organisation on Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
|
(i) Military Observers (1 located in Georgia, 4 in Bosnia-Herzegovina) |
5 |
|
(ii) Staff Officer, High Level Planning Group, Vienna |
1 |
|
Total OSCE |
6 |
4. United Nations Headquarters, New York
|
Officers on loan to UN Secretariat |
2 |
5. Department of Foreign Affairs
|
(i) Military Adviser, Permanent Mission to UNHQ, New York |
1 |
|
(ii) Military Adviser, Irish Delegation to OSCE, Vienna |
1 |
|
(iii) Military Delegate to Ireland's Observer Delegation to Western European Union, Brussels |
1 |
|
Total Department of Foreign Affairs |
3 |
|
Total number of Defence Forces personnel serving overseas |
711 |