Written answers
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Department of Defence
Defence Forces Personnel Data
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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113. To ask the Minister for Defence the current number and location of Irish troops currently serving overseas, on various peacekeeping missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7350/15]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As of 1 February 2015, Ireland is contributing approximately 432 Defence Forces personnel to 11 missions throughout the world. Full details of all personnel currently serving overseas including the lead organisation for each mission are listed in the tabular statement attached. In addition to the personnel listed in the tabular statement there is one officer deployed to the Embassy of Ireland in Freetown, Sierra Leone under the Emergency Civilian Assistance Team initiative, to assist in Ireland's Response to the Ebola Crisis in West Africa.
The main overseas missions in which Defence Forces personnel are currently deployed are the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with 199 personnel, and the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Syria with 138 Defence Forces personnel.
AS OF 01 FEBRUARY 2015
| 1. | UN MISSIONS | |
|---|---|---|
| UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) HQ | 9 | |
| UNIFIL 47 th Infantry Group | 186 | |
| UNIFIL Sector West HQ | 4 | |
| UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation) Israel and Syria | 13 | |
| MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) | 3 | |
| MONUSCO (United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) | 4 | |
| UNOCI (United Nations Mission in Ivory Coast) | 2 | |
| UNDOF (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force) HQ, Golan Heights Syria | 8 | |
| UNDOF 46 th Infantry Group | 130 | |
| TOTAL | 359 | |
| UN MANDATED MISSIONS | ||
| EUFOR (EU led Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 7 | |
| EUTM Mali (EU led Training Mission) | 10 | |
| KFOR (International Security Presence in Kosovo) HQ | 12 | |
| TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONNEL SERVING WITH UN MISSIONS | 388 | |
| 2. | OTHER DEPLOYMENTS | |
| RSM (Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan) | 7 | |
| UK EBOLA TREATMENT CENTRE (Sierra Leone) | 5 | |
| TOTAL NUMBERS OF PERSONNEL OTHER DEPLOYMENTS | 12 | |
| 3. | ORGANISATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE) | |
| OSCE Mission to Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2 | |
| Staff Officer, High Level Planning Group Vienna | 1 | |
| TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONNEL SERVING OSCE | 3 | |
| 4. | EU MILITARY STAFF | |
| Brussels | 5 | |
| 5. | NORDIC BATTLE GROUP 2015 | |
| FHQ Sweden | 14 | |
| 6. | MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES/ADVISERS/STAFF | |
| Military Adviser, Permanent Mission to UN, New York | 1 | |
| Military Adviser Irish delegation to OSCE, Vienna | 1 | |
| Military Representative to EU (Brussels) | 4 | |
| Liaison Office of Ireland, NATO/PfP (Brussels) | 2 | |
| EU OHQ Operation Althea, Mons, Belgium | 1 | |
| Irish Liaison Officer to SHAPE & Military Co-Op Division, Mons, Belgium | 1 | |
| TOTAL NUMBER OF DEFENCE FORCES PERSONNEL SERVING OVERSEAS | 432 |
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