Overseas Missions

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 February 2013

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Questions (33)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

33. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the number of tours of duty there were to Lebanon since 1 January 2000; the number of Privates, Corporals, Sergeants, CQs and Company Sergeants that were on each trip. [6126/13]

Written answers

Minister for Defence

There were 13 tours of duty (deployments) to the Lebanon since 01 January 2000. The breakdown of the ranks requested by the Deputy for each contingent is set out in the table below:

UNIT	Company Sergeant	CQ	Sergeants	Corporals	Privates
86 Infantry Battalion	13	12	79	114	259
87 Infantry Battalion	10	14	98	153	269
88 Infantry Battalion	9	15	93	142	243
89 Infantry Battalion	9	15	93	142	243
41 Irish Component	8	14	37	17	17
43 Irish Component	6	6	14	13	7
44 Irish Component	6	3	14	7	11
34 Infantry Group	1	2	16	54	63
36 Infantry Group	3	2	10	60	63
104 Infantry Battalion	7	6	59	115	219
105 Infantry Battalion	7	9	52	104	209
106 Infantry Battalion	5	7	44	77	151
107 Infantry Battalion	6	6	41	81	156
TOTAL BY RANK	90	111	650	1079	1910
GRAND TOTAL	3840

Question No. 34 answered with Question No. 17.