Written answers
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Department of Defence
Ukraine War
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 3 October 2023, for an update on Ireland's involvement in the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine; the number of Defence Forces personnel deployed to the mission to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50122/23]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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On 21 February 2023, the Government approved the participation of Defence Forces personnel in the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) in such areas as:
- C-IED training (Counter Improvised Explosive Devices)
- EOD training (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)
- Combat Medical Training
- Engineering Training.
- basic military training
- Do-King Mine Flail Training (training on machinery which is used to clear mines)
- leadership training and
- drill instructor training.
There is currently one member of the Defence Forces deployed in the mission’s Operational Headquarters in Brussels and three personnel in the multi-national Special Training Command (STC) in Strausberg, Germany.
Together with partner nations, the Defence Forces have delivered a number of training modules to members of the UAF in:
- Demining & Clearance (in Cyprus), with six personnel deployed from 16 April to 12 May;
- Tactical Combat Casualty Care /Combat Life Saver (in Germany), with six personnel deployed from 18 June to 2 July;
- a second iteration of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care /Combat Life Saver (in Germany), with six personnel deployed from 18 Sept to 3 October;
- a module of Drill Instructor Training (in Germany), with twelve personnel deployed from 17 September to 1 November;
- an ongoing second iteration of Demining & Clearance (in Cyprus), with eight personnel deployed; and
- and an ongoing second module of Drill Instructor training (in Germany), with twelve personnel deployed.
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