Written answers
Thursday, 3 November 2005
Department of Defence
Overseas Missions
5:00 pm
Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 66: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently on service overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31910/05]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland is currently contributing 730 Defence Forces personnel to 19 different missions throughout the world, full details are as listed in the following tabular statement. The main commitments are to the United Nations Mission in Liberia, UNMIL, with 403 personnel, the NATO-led international security presence, KFOR, in Kosovo, with 202 personnel, and EUFOR, the EU-led operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with 54 personnel. Other personnel are serving as monitors and observers with the United Nations, UN, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, and the European Union. Staff are also deployed at the organisational headquarters of the OSCE, the UN, NATO and the EU.
| Members of the Permanent Defence Force serving Overseas as of 24 October, 2005. | |
| Number | |
| 1. UN Missions | |
| (i) UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) | 6 |
| (ii) UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation) — Israel, Syria and Lebanon | 13 |
| (iii) MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) | 4 |
| (iv) UNMIK (United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) | 4 |
| (v) MONUC (United Nations Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo) | 3 |
| (vi) UNOCI (United Nations Mission in Ivory Coast) | 2 |
| (vii) UNMIL (United Nations Mission in Liberia) FHQ | 6 |
| UNMIL 93rd Inf Bn | 397 |
| TOTAL | 435 |
| UN Mandated Missions | |
| (viii) EUFOR (EU-led Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 54 |
| (ix) KFOR (International Security Presence in Kosovo) | 202 |
| (x) ISAF (International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan) | 7 |
| Total number of personnel serving with UN missions | 698 |
| 2. EU Missions | |
| (i) European Union Monitor Mission (EUMM) to the former Yugoslavia | 5 |
| (ii) EU's support for the UN authorised African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) | 1 |
| (iii) ACEH Monitoring Mission (AMM) | 3 |
| Total Number of Personnel Serving with EU Missions | 9 |
| 3. Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE | |
| (i) OSCE Mission to Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1 |
| (ii) OSCE Mission in Montenegro | 1 |
| (iii) OSCE Presence in Albania | 1 |
| (iv) OSCE Mission in FRY | 2 |
| (v) OSCE Mission in Georgia | 1 |
| (vi) Staff Officer, Higher Level Planning Group, Vienna | 1 |
| Total number of personnel serving OSCE | 7 |
| 4. Head of Military Staff (Brussels) | 1 |
| 5. EU Military Staff (Brussels) | 5 |
| 6. Liaison Office of Ireland, PfP (Brussels) | 2 |
| 7. Permanent Representative to EU (Brussels) | 3 |
| 8. Military Representatives-Advisers | |
| (i) Military Adviser, Permanent Mission to UN, New York | 1 |
| (ii) Military Adviser, Irish Delegation to OSCE, Vienna | 1 |
| (iii) Military Representative to Partnership Co-ordination Cell-Supreme | 1 |
| Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), Mons, Belgium | |
| 9. Appointments — UN HQ (New York) | |
| Officers seconded to DPKO (Department of Peace Keeping Operations) | 2 |
| Total Number Defence Forces Personnel Serving Overseas | 730 |
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