Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister for his reply. This gives us an opportunity to place on record our appreciation to all those serving abroad for the fantastic work they do on the various missions they participate in on behalf of the country. I also send best wishes to their families.

I appreciate there is a question about Syria later but does the Minister expect to have to make commitments to large scale deployments of troops in the next while? A total of 356 personnel are deployed in the Lebanon. How many is it envisaged will participate in that mission over the next 18 months to two years?

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