For Oral Answer on : 06/10/2022
Question Number(s): 106 Question Reference(s): 48913/22
Department: Defence
Asked by: David Stanton T.D.
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QUESTION
To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently serving overseas by rank and Defence Forces branch in each respective location; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
REPLY
As of 1st October, 2022, Ireland is contributing 548 personnel to 7 different missions throughout the world and also to a range of international organisations and National representations.
The number of personnel serving overseas by rank is outlined in the following table.
| Rank | Middle East | Africa | Balkans | OP IRINI | International Organisations |
| Brigadier General | 2 | ||||
| Colonel | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel | 10 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Commandant | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Captain | 29 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lieutenant | 13 | 1 | |||
| Sergeant Major | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Battalion Quarter Master Sergeant | 3 | 1 | |||
| Company Sergeant | 11 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Company Quarter Master Sergeant | 11 | ||||
| Sergeant | 51 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Corporal | 104 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Private | 225 |
Personnel serving overseas by branch is outlined in the following Table.
| Middle East | Africa | Balkans | OP IRINI | International Organisations | |
| Army | 463 | 14 | 16 | 19 | |
| Naval Service | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Air Corps | 17 | 1 | 1 |
There are also two chaplains serving overseas. In addition Major General Maureen O’Brien is serving on secondment to the United Nations following her appointment by the UN as Deputy Military Advisor in the Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations.
