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Written Answers — Civil Service Travel Scheme: Civil Service Travel Scheme (9 Feb 2006)

Willie O'Dea: The closing date in respect of the 2006 Civil Service travel pass scheme was 23 November 2005. A condition of the scheme is that employees must be employed on a permanent or probationary basis at the date of application. An employee employed under a fixed term contract is also eligible to apply. It is a condition of the Revenue Commissioners that the scheme operates on the basis of an annual...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (8 Feb 2006)

Willie O'Dea: Following consultation between my Department and Kildare County Council last year, it was agreed that the council would take in charge the road at Blackrath. As part of that agreement, €8,600 was lodged by the Department of Defence with Kildare County Council on 10 October 2005 for the purpose of bringing the road up to the requisite standard prior to its being taken in charge.

Written Answers — Airport Safety Zones: Airport Safety Zones (7 Feb 2006)

Willie O'Dea: International Standards and Recommended Practices — Aerodromes are published as annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO. Chapter 4 volume 1 of annex 14 details the obstacle limitation requirements in relation to airports.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Discharge: Defence Forces Discharge (7 Feb 2006)

Willie O'Dea: Personnel enlisted in the Permanent Defence Force after 1 January, 1994 are not eligible for consideration for extension of service on completion of their initial five year term of enlistment unless they have a medical classification code not lower than YY, year of birth, -12-322. In the case in question the individual's medical classification code was assessed in the context of his...

Written Answers — Pension Entitlements: Pension Entitlements (7 Feb 2006)

Willie O'Dea: In accordance with established public service pensions policy, the pensions of former members of the Permanent Defence Force, PDF, are revised in line with relevant increases in the pay of serving personnel holding corresponding rank. The benefit of the various general and benchmarking pay increases awarded to serving NCOs and privates under the Sustaining Progress social partnership...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Feb 2006)

Willie O'Dea: My Department has made payments totalling €48,858 to the company concerned since 1969 in respect of ground rent payable under relevant leases. No other payments have been made to the company by my Department.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (2 Feb 2006)

Willie O'Dea: Advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals or external media advisers was not sought by myself, my predecessor, Deputy Michael Smith, or the Minister of State at my Department in the past three years. I have appointed a special adviser and a press adviser to provide me with relevant advice and press liaison services as necessary. Both have standard contracts of employment...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (1 Feb 2006)

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 limit, which covers 132,000 square miles. Where a fishing vessel is encountered which is suspected of being...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (1 Feb 2006)

Willie O'Dea: No public relations contracts were initiated, ongoing or completed in my Department during 2005.

Overseas Missions. (31 Jan 2006)

Willie O'Dea: The Deputy has raised a number of questions, and although my response will not answer some of them, I will get him the appropriate replies. I was informed of this case on Friday, 27 January 2006. I share the Deputy's concern that this case should have arisen. My first priority in dealing with this is the welfare of the troops who were attended to by this man. To that end the director of the...

Overseas Missions. (31 Jan 2006)

Willie O'Dea: The contract was initially for a period of three months commencing on 1 June 2004 and was subsequently extended to February 2005. Following a further tender competition a fresh contract, at €2,630 per doctor per week, was placed commencing 1 March 2005. During this time Medicare Solutions had supplied a number of other doctors for periods lasting from a few weeks to three months. This...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (26 Jan 2006)

Willie O'Dea: As there is no postal system operating to or within Liberia, the Defence Forces have contracted a commercial courier to deliver Defence Forces post to and from the United Nations Mission in Liberia, UNMIL. This contract is for letter post only and is dispatched through this contract twice weekly — Monday and Thursday — throughout the year. Parcel post received by the Defence Forces for...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (26 Jan 2006)

Willie O'Dea: A contingent of the Permanent Defence Force has been serving with the United Nations Mission in Liberia, UNMIL, since November 2003. Defence personnel serving with the mission are entitled to 21 days annual leave for the duration of their tour of duty, six months. Defence Forces personnel on deployment to UNMIL are free to apply for leave at any time and to any destination, which may be...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (26 Jan 2006)

Willie O'Dea: My Department is not aware of any recent court case as referred to by the Deputy. In a High Court judgment given on 5 August 2003, by consent, the court found that my Department was not bound under the relevant leases to surrender any part of the leased lands at Ballincollig to the head landlord in question, is entitled to alienate the leased lands for the residue of the leasehold period and...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (25 Jan 2006)

Willie O'Dea: As I indicated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 491 on 6 December 2005, 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 and were introduced to ensure the safe and unobstructed operation of air traffic to and from Casement Aerodrome....

Written Answers — Army Deafness Claims: Army Deafness Claims (25 Jan 2006)

Willie O'Dea: An award by the Army Pensions Board is the only means, other than litigation, by which retired personnel of the Defence Forces are provided with compensation for any injury sustained in service in the Defence Forces. There is no record of the named person at either of the addresses provided, ever having initiated a hearing loss compensation claim against my Department through the courts, nor...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (25 Jan 2006)

Willie O'Dea: Defence Forces regulation R5, paragraph 6(g), prescribes that a member of the Garda Síochána shall be ineligible for enlistment in the Reserve Defence Force. This would also apply to members of the Garda Síochána wishing to apply for appointment as officers of the Defence Forces Reserve. Conversely an enlisted member of the Defence Forces Reserve who wishes to join the Garda Síochána...

Written Answers — Service Medals: Service Medals (25 Jan 2006)

Willie O'Dea: Service medals and bars are issued to members of the Defence Forces as prescribed in Defence Forces regulation A9, new series, and administration instruction Part 19. The military authorities advise that members of the Army reserve, formerly an Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil, and the Naval Service reserve, formerly an Slua Muirí, are awarded an Bonn Seirbhíse, the Service Medal, on completing...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (25 Jan 2006)

Willie O'Dea: I should explain that the sick pay arrangements for civilian employees of my Department apply to the person concerned. In general, civilian employees may be granted up to six months sick leave at full pay in any period of 12 months and half pay thereafter subject to a maximum of 12 months sick leave of any kind — full pay, half pay or without pay — in any period of four years or less....

Written Answers — Defence Forces Retirement Scheme: Defence Forces Retirement Scheme (25 Jan 2006)

Willie O'Dea: The person referred to is in receipt of both a service pension under the Defence Forces pension schemes and a disability pension under the Army Pensions Acts from my Department. The schemes provide that, where a person in receipt of a service pension is granted a disability pension, the service pension must be reduced or abated, usually by an amount equal to one half of the disability...