Vol. 468 No. 1
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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht - Wednesday, 3 Jul 1996
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Written Answers. - Foreign Service.
23 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Defence the total number of Defence Forces personnel currently engaged in duties outside the State; their ranks and the organisation with which they are serving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14438/96]
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose to circulate it in the Official Report.
Current participation by members of the Permanent Defence Force in overseas missions is as follows:—
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1. |
UN MISSIONS |
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(i) |
UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon): |
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Infantry Battalion |
541 |
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HQ UNIFIL |
31 |
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Camp Command |
25 |
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Military Police |
11 |
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Force Mobile Reserve |
15 |
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623 |
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(67 Officers, 218 NCOs, 338 Privates) |
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(ii) |
UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation): |
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Observers (1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 13 Commandants-Captains) |
14 |
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(iii) |
UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus): |
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Staff Appointments UNFICYP Headquarters (3 Commandants, 5 NCOs) |
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Camp Command Component (1 Commandant, 2 Captains, 19 NCOs) |
30 |
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(iv) |
UNIKOM (United Nations Iraq Kuwait Observer Mission): |
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Observers (2 Lieutenant-Colonels, 4 Commandants-Captains) |
6 |
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(v) |
OSGA (Office of the Secretary-General Afghanistan): |
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Senior Military Adviser (Colonel) |
1 |
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(vi) |
MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara): |
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Observers (1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 8 Commandants-Captains) |
9 |
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(vii) |
United Nations New York |
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Personnel Officer in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (Lieutenant-Colonel) |
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Supply Officer in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (Lieutenant-Colonel) |
2 |
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(viii) |
PMUNNY (Permanent Mission to the United Nations New York) 1 Colonel |
1 |
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(ix) |
UNMOP (United Nations Military Observers, Prevlaka) |
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1 Lieutenant-Colonel |
1 |
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(x) |
UNPREDEP (United Nations Preventative Deployment — Macedonia) Observers (2 Commandants) |
2 |
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(xi) |
UNTAES (United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia) |
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Observers (2 Commandants, 1 Captain) |
3 |
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2. |
EU MISSIONS |
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(i) |
ECMM (Monitor Mission to the former Yugoslavia) (1 Brigadier-General, 2 Colonels, 6 Lieutenant-Colonels, 31 Commandants-Captains, 34 NCOS, 4 Privates, 1 Army Nursing Service Sister) |
79 |
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3. |
ORGANISATION ON SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE): |
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(i) |
Military Advisers to Irish OSCE delegation located in Vienna (1 Colonel, 1 Lieutenant-Colonel) |
2 |
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(ii) |
Monitor Mission to the Republic of Georgia: Observer (Commandant) |
1 |
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(iii) |
High Level Planning Group (located in Vienna) for Nagorno-Karabakh: (1 Lieutenant-Colonel) |
1 |
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(iv) |
Mission to Bosnia: |
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(1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 3 Commandants-Staff Officers) |
4 |
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Total |
779 |
