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Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Department of Defence

Defence Forces Deployment

Photo of Lisa ChambersLisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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634. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel who are serving overseas by services, by rank and by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11814/16]

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Ireland is currently contributing 476 personnel to 11 different missions throughout the world. The main overseas missions, in which Defence Forces personnel are currently deployed, are the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with 199 personnel, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) with 137 personnel and the Naval Service Humanitarian Mission in the Mediterranean with 57 personnel.

The total number of Defence Forces personnel, Army, Navy and Air Corps, male and female, by rank currently serving overseas is as set out in the table below.

Rank
Army
Naval Service
Air Corps
Total
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Brigadier General
2
2
Colonel
8
8
Lieutenant Colonel
25
1
26
Commandant
35
2
1
38
Captain
35
1
4
1
41
Lieutenant
16
3
2
21
Sergeant Major
5
1
6
Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant
2
1
3
Company Sergeant
10
2
1
13
Company Quartermaster
9
1
10
Sergeant
40
1
9
1
2
53
Corporal
69
5
9
1
1
85
Private
137
5
25
1
2
170
TOTAL
393
17
54
3
9
0
476

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