Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 272: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) has not been selected for overseas service with the 93rd Infantry Battalion on the UN mission in Liberia; if consideration will be given for this person's inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15511/05]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The military authorities advise that the individual in question is undergoing training under the Defence Forces trainee technician scheme. His future on this scheme is currently being reviewed arising from an assessment of his performance on the most recent phase of his training. He is not eligible for deployment overseas with 93rd Infantry Battalion, UNMIL, pending the outcome of the review into his participation in trainee technician scheme training.