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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: A former member of the Army Medical Corps, who has been appointed as medical advisor to the Civil Defence Board, is paid an annual fee of €6,400 for this service. No other employees of the Department of Defence have been brought back on contract to do work that has traditionally been done in the Department.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (23 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil, now known as the Army Reserve, is the main component of the Reserve Defence Force or RDF and is essentially a part-time force in which service is given on a voluntary basis. Service in the RDF is therefore fundamentally different in nature from service in the Permanent Defence Force or PDF, in particular as regards the respective terms and conditions of service...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (23 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The question of such communication with the Police Service of Northern Ireland regarding criminal incidents is entirely a matter for the Garda Síochána.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The press office in my Department, which comprises one assistant principal and one executive officer, provide services to the Minister of State in my Department, Deputy Kitt, as and when required. The salary scale for assistant principal is €57,630 —€71,859 and the salary scale for executive officer is €28,021 —€44,458.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister of State at the Department of Defence, Deputy Kitt, has one clerical officer employed on constituency work at the rate of €32,728 per annum.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (22 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I am advised by the military authorities that the individual concerned was informed in early May 2005 that the Department would not pay for the costs of private medical consultations. It appears that, in relation to the present matter, the individual first attended a private health care facility as a private patient in mid-August 2005 and that he attended again on a second occasion in...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (22 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: There are four permanent civil servants employed in my private office comprising one higher executive officer, one executive officer, one staff officer and one clerical officer. At current rates and since 1 January 2005, the salaries of these staff amounted to €140,964 per annum. Costs in relation to overtime and expenses — travel and subsistence — have amounted to €3,966. There are...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (22 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The draft protected area order proposed in the 1950s, which was not promulgated, provided for four sub-areas in the general environs of Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. The total area covered comprised 32,000 acres approximately.

Written Answers — Military Investigations: Military Investigations (22 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The case to which the Deputy refers relates to the killing of Private Thomas Barrett and Private Derek Smallhorne while serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, in 1980. The question of the measures open to the Irish authorities to bring the alleged perpetrator of this crime to justice is currently being examined in my Department in conjunction with the Department of...

Written Answers — Capital Expenditure: Capital Expenditure (17 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: There were no capital projects in my Department in 2004 or 2005 with an estimated cost of between €30 million and €50 million.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (17 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Sargent should get a life.

Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Rabbitte should take the matter up with the editor of The Irish Times.

Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: That is the worst joke I have heard this morning.

Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I will give Deputy O'Sullivan my number four preference.

Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Trotsky was big into weapons.

Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Ballybunion Bolsheviks.

Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Deputy should look in the mirror.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Training: Defence Forces Training (16 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The total number of foreign personnel who attended courses at the Defence Forces Training Centre, Curragh Camp, County Kildare, since 1996 is 464. A breakdown in terms of the countries of origin of these groups of personnel and the type of training received is shown in the following charts. United Nations Training School, Ireland, Military College. International Military Observers & Staff...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (15 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Department of Defence is not opposing any proposals at European Council.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (15 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Ireland has not sought or achieved any exemptions from EU directives or regulations in the Department of Defence's competency area.