Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Question:302. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of overseas missions in which the Defence Forces are involved and the number of personnel involved in each mission. [45819/15]
View answerThursday, 17 December 2015
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As of 1 December 2015, Ireland is contributing 493 Defence Forces personnel to 12 different missions throughout the world.
The main overseas missions in which Defence Forces personnel are currently deployed are the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with 198 personnel, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Syria with 149 personnel, and the Naval Service humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean with 59 personnel. L.É. Samuel Beckett will return home today, 17 December 2015.
Full details of all personnel currently serving overseas are as follows:
Members of the Permanent Defence Force Serving Overseas
As of 1 st December 2015
|
1. |
UN MISSIONS |
|
(i) UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) HQ |
9 |
|
UNIFIL 51st Infantry Group |
185 |
|
UNIFIL Sector West HQ |
4 |
|
(ii) UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation) Israel and Syria |
13 |
|
(iii) MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) |
3 |
|
(iv) MONUSCO (United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
4 |
|
(v) UNOCI (United Nations Mission in Ivory Coast) |
2 |
|
(vi) UNDOF (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force) HQ, Golan Heights, Syria |
8 |
|
UNDOF 50th Infantry Group |
141 |
|
TOTAL |
369 |
|
UN MANDATED MISSIONS |
|
|
(vii) EUFOR (EU-led Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
7 |
|
(viii) EUTM Mali (EU-Led Training Mission) |
9 |
|
(ix) KFOR (International Security Presence in Kosovo) HQ |
12 |
|
(x) RSM (Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan) |
7 |
|
TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONNEL SERVING WITH UN MISSIONS |
404 |
|
2. OTHER DEPLOYMENTS |
|
|
Naval Service in Mediterranean L.É. Samuel Beckett |
59 |
|
TOTAL NUMBER |
59 |
|
3. ORGANISATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE) |
|
|
(i) OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1 |
|
(ii) Staff Officer, High Level Planning Group, Vienna |
1 |
|
TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONNEL SERVING WITH OSCE |
2 |
|
4. EU MILITARY STAFF |
|
|
Brussels |
3 |
|
5. EU BATTLE GROUP |
|
|
German-led Battle Group 2016 - HQ, STRASBOURG |
10 |
|
UK-led Battle Group 2016, UK |
5 |
|
6. MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES/ADVISERS/STAFF |
|
|
(i) Military Adviser, Permanent Mission to UN, New York |
1 |
|
(ii) Military Adviser, Irish Delegation to OSCE, Vienna |
1 |
|
(iii) Military Representative to EU (Brussels) |
4 |
|
(iv) Liaison Officer of Ireland, NATO/PfP (Brussels) |
2 |
|
(v) EU OHQ Operation Althea, Mons, Belgium |
1 |
|
(vi) Irish Liaison Officer to SHAPE and Military Co-Op Division, Mons, Belgium |
1 |
|
TOTAL NUMBER OF DEFENCE FORCES PERSONNEL SERVING OVERSEAS |
493 |