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Written Answers — Defence Forces Morale: Defence Forces Morale (6 Mar 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The main day-to-day role of the Naval Service is to provide a fishery protection service in accordance with the State's obligations as a member of the European Union. The Service is tasked with patrolling all Irish waters from the shoreline to the outer limits of the Exclusive Fishery Limits. In 2006 the Naval Service achieved an output of 1,658 patrol days, which represents an average of...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (6 Mar 2007)

Willie O'Dea: I am advised that adequate clothing and equipment is available to Reserve Defence Force personnel throughout the country. The scale of issue of the clothing and equipment to Reserve Defence Force personnel reflects the recommendations of the Reserve Defence Force Review Implementation Plan, which was officially launched in July 2004. This plan which runs to 2009 set out an ambitious programme...

Ministerial Air Transport Service. (6 Mar 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The Deputy was not bad at it himself.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (28 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Red safety areas were first adopted at Casement Aerodrome following a review in 1992 by Aer Rianta, on behalf of the Department of Defence, of policy in relation to safety zones at the aerodrome. International Civil Aviation Organisation standards and recommendations in relation to obstacle limitation surfaces for airports, designed to protect the safety of aircraft as they land and take off...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (27 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: A Battlegroup is simply another vehicle under which the Defence Forces may participate in UN mandated peace support operations and humanitarian tasks. As such, the current standing arrangements for the selection of members of the Defence Forces to participate in overseas peace support missions will continue to apply. While all members of the Permanent Defence Force are liable for overseas...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Health Care: Defence Forces Health Care (27 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Enlisted personnel retain an entitlement to paid sick leave, provided this leave is certified by a Medical Officer of the Defence Forces or on the recommendation of a civilian medical practitioner. All enlisted personnel are entitled to medical care at the Department of Defence expense. The Defence Forces supply medical care to all members of the Permanent Defence Force, either directly from...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (27 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The headquarters of the Department of Defence which is currently located at Infirmary Rd., Parkgate, Dublin 7 and Coláiste Caoimhín, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 is due to move in its entirety from Dublin to Newbridge, Co. Kildare by late 2008. There will be 200 posts in my Department post decentralisation; the same number as there are currently in Dublin. It is understood that the building at...

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: It is a long question.

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (21 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: As I indicated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 350 on 14th February, 2007, following on the Government decision to close and sell Clancy Barracks, Dublin City Council expressed an interest in having the property made available for affordable and social housing. Meetings were held between my Department, the City Council and the then Department of the Environment and Local...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (21 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: I have been advised by the military authorities that an application for enlistment in the Reserve Defence Force from the individual concerned was made in September, 2006. Unfortunately, there was a delay in the processing of the application due to the fact that, during the course of staff redeployments at that time, the application was temporarily misplaced. I am advised that the...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Did Deputy Cuffe sell those shares yet?

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (20 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The position is that the day to day administration of recruitment to the Defence Forces is the responsibility of the Chief of Staff. I have been informed, by the military authorities, that the most recent advertisements placed seeking applications for positions in the Permanent Defence Force were for the Cadetship Competition 2007. The details of the number of applications received for this...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (20 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The Government Decision on decentralisation provides for the relocation of the Dublin-based offices of my Department to Newbridge, Co. Kildare. A total of 200 staff will move to the new location. While the site upon which the new office accommodation will be built will be sold by Kildare County Council to the Office of Public Works and the preferred tenderer to construct the building has...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (15 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: No paid staff of the Department or the Minister's constituency office were involved in the making of these calls.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (14 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: At the outset I would like to say that Dublin City Council was given ample opportunity to acquire Clancy Barracks. The Government, on the 15th July, 1998, approved a programme of evacuation and sale of six barracks, including Clancy Barracks, Islandbridge, Dublin. Following on the Government decision Dublin City Council expressed an interest in having the property made available for...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (14 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Personnel on being discharged from the Permanent Defence Force are obliged to vacate married quarters within a short period of the dates of their discharge. In the case of the individual in question, I am advised that he was discharged on the 29 October 2006 after five years service. He should have vacated married quarters on the 19 November 2006 but did not do so. The provision of housing...

Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: We will get it through with the co-operation of Deputy Costello and other Opposition Members.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: When this matter was raised on Committee Stage I undertook to consider it between then and the debate in the Dáil, but as the amendment has been raised again here, I have once more taken the advice of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel on the matter. There are many possible approaches to amending Acts that have not been gender proofed and each instance is examined on its own merits, rather...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: We are taking other measures to encourage women to join the Army but I take the Senator's point. As Senator Tuffy will be aware, this is only part of the legislation that we are introducing, following the first part of the recommendations of the committee. Further legislation will be introduced later to adopt the second part of the committee's proposals and the matter raised by the Senator...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (13 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The current provisions were modelled on section 5 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 rather than on the Criminal Procedure Act 1993 to which I may have referred on Committee Stage, and I apologise for this error. I am not aware of any amendment made, to date, regarding section 5 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993. While I have no objection to the intention of the proposed amendment, I do not...