Michael Ferris
Ceist:42 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for Defence whether the Government were requested to supply non-officer personnel to the UN peacekeeping mission to Yugoslavia.
Written Answers. - UN Mission to Yugoslavia.
Jim Mitchell
Ceist:43 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Defence if discussions have taken taken place over the last ten days in his Department regarding the placement of Irish troops on a UN mission to Yugoslavia.
John Bruton
Ceist:52 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Defence if discussions have taken place over the last ten days in his Department regarding the placement of Irish troops on a UN mission in Yugoslavia.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 42, 43 and 52 together.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations requested the Irish Government to provide four military officers for service with the United Nations Protection Force in Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR). No request for non-commissioned personnel was received.
Four Irish officers took up duty as observers with UNPROFOR on 28 March 1992.