Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Civil Defence Bill 2012: Committee Stage
Civil Defence Bill 2012: Committee Stage
12:40 pm
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The local authority will report back to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government but in respect of funding we have retained the current expenditure level of €5.58 million. The funding will go towards the training of Civil Defence members. As they have to be ready for all emergencies we want to retain the level of training and hence the reason we want to retain the budget going forward.