Written answers
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Department of Defence
Overseas Missions
Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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45. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will list the delegations of Irish troops stationed abroad. [29118/13]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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As of 15 June 2013, Ireland is contributing approximately 445 Defence Forces personnel to 12 different missions throughout the world. Full details of all personnel currently serving overseas are listed in the tabular statement attached. The main overseas missions in which Defence Forces personnel are currently deployed are UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with 361 personnel, including the Deputy Force Commander; the EU Training Mission (EUTM) Somalia with 11 personnel, including the Mission Commander; the EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) with 8 personnel; the EUFOR mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina with 7 personnel; the NATO-led international security presence (KFOR) in Kosovo with 12 personnel; and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan with 7 personnel. Ireland also contributes 23 observers and staff to various United Nations and OSCE missions and 16 other personnel to staff appointments at UN, EU and OSCE headquarters.
On 14 May 2013, the Government approved the deployment of a number of members of the Permanent Defence Force for service at the headquarters of UNDOF. Irish personnel are due to deploy into the mission area circa 19 June 2013.
The current contribution of some 445 personnel to overseas missions reflects the Government’s continued commitment to our responsibilities in the area of international peace and security.
| * | Members of the Permanent Defence Force Serving Overseas as of 15th June 2013 | * |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UN Missions | * |
| (i) | UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) HQ UNIFIL 108th Infantry Battalion UNIFIL Sector West HQ | 16 337 8 |
| (ii) | UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation) - Israel, Syria and Lebanon | 12 |
| (iii) | MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) | 3 |
| (iv) | MONUSCO (United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) | 3 |
| (v) | UNOCI (United Nations Mission in Ivory Coast) | 2 |
| * | TOTAL | 381 |
| * | UN Mandated Missions | * |
| (vii) | EUFOR (EU-led Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 7 |
| (viii) | *EUTM Somalia (EU-led Training Mission in Uganda) | 11 |
| (ix) | EUTM Mali (EU-Led Training Mission) | 8 |
| (x) | KFOR (International Security Presence in Kosovo) - HQ | 12 |
| (xi) | ISAF (International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan) | 7 |
| * | TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONNEL SERVING WITH UN MISSIONS | 426 |
| 2 | Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) | * |
| (i) | OSCE Mission to Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2 |
| (ii) | OSCE Mission in Belgrade - Serbia | 1 |
| (iii) | Staff Officer, High Level Planning Group, Vienna | 1 |
| * | TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONNEL SERVING OSCE | 4 |
| 3 | EU Military Staff | * |
| * | Brussels | 4 |
| 4 | Military Representatives/Advisers/Staff | * |
| (i) | Military Adviser, Permanent Mission to UN, New York | 1 |
| (ii) | Military Adviser, Irish Delegation to OSCE, Vienna | 1 |
| (iii) | Military Representative to EU (Brussels) | 5 |
| (iv) | Liaison Office of Ireland, NATO/PfP (Brussels) | 2 |
| (v) | EU OHQ Operation Althea, Mons, Belgium | 1 |
| (vi) | **European Defence Agency (EDA) Brussels | 1 |
| * | TOTAL NUMBER OF DEFENCE FORCES PERSONNEL SERVING OVERSEAS | 445 |
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