Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 6 Feb 1990

Vol. 395 No. 3

Written Answers. - Irish UN Forces' Allowances.

Edward Nealon

Ceist:

45 Mr. Nealon asked the Minister for Defence the way in which the allowances to our troops compares with the allowances to other forces serving with the United Nations; and if he will give details of the comparative allowances of the different grades in Irish punts.

Minister for Defence (Mr. Lenihan)

As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose to circulate it in the Official Report.

Statement

Daily rates of overseas allowance paid by the Department of Defence to members of the Permanent Defence Force participating in United Nations peace-keeping missions are as follows:

1. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and United Nations Transition Assistance Group in Namibia and Angola (UNTAG)

	Married	Single
	£	£
Colonel to Commandant	23.77	20.35
Captain to 2nd Lieut.	21.60	18.19
BSM to Sergeant	17.97	15.64
Corporal	17.37	15.16
Private	16.78	14.62

2. United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)

	Married	Single
	£	£
Colonel to Commandant	19.36	14.54
Captain to 2nd Lieut.	17.60	12.99
B.S.M. to Sergeant	14.64	11.17
Corporal	14.15	10.82
Private	13.67	10.44

3. United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation in the Middle East (UNTSO) — £10.01.

4. United Nations Iran/Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) — £10.01.

5. United Nations Good Offices Mission, Afghanistan and Packistan (UNGOMAP) — £10.01.

6. United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA) — £10.01.

Information as to the level of overseas allowances paid to their personnel by other countries participating in United Nations peace-keeping missions is not available.