Results 11,701-11,720 of 12,604 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Disability Benefit: Disability Benefit (28 Sep 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The question relates to an application for a refund of income tax from an employee of my Department in respect of absences on sick leave during 2005. This employee received disability benefit for these absences and was also fully covered under the Department's sick pay schemes. Under the Income Tax Acts the first 36 days of disability benefit paid in the tax year is exempt from tax. Employees...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (28 Sep 2005)

Willie O'Dea: As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, the information requested has been forwarded to the Deputy. The statement covers contracts over €100,000 in value in the period January 2001 to date. Contracts of a security nature are not included on the statement. Every effort has been made to endure the accuracy of the information given the large amount of work involved in formulating...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (28 Sep 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The question does not arise, at present, in so far as my Department is concerned.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Investigations: Defence Forces Investigations (28 Sep 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Responsibility for the approval of overflights and landings by foreign military aircraft lies with my colleague the Minister for Foreign Affairs. For civil aircraft the responsibility lies with my colleague the Minister for Transport. In the case of US military and/or chartered civilian aircraft transporting military cargo, the US Embassy submits applications to the Department of Foreign...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (28 Sep 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The information requested with regard to journeys made by Ministers and Ministers of State in Air Corps aircraft in 2004 and 2005 has been fowarded to the Deputy. The ministerial air transport service, provided by the Air Corps to facilitate members of the Government in fulfilling their official engagements at home and abroad, is primarily provided by the Gulfstream IV and Learjet 45...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (28 Sep 2005)

Willie O'Dea: There are no current plans for refurbishment of the RDF premises at Fair Street, Mallow, County Cork. The matter, however, is being kept under review.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Contracts: Defence Forces Contracts (28 Sep 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1318 and 1319 together. The unsatisfactory age and fitness profile of the Permanent Defence Force was commented upon by the Gleeson commission in its report in 1990. The matter had also been of serious concern to the military authorities for a number of years. The age profile was also the subject of severe criticism by PriceWaterhouse Consultants, which had...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Disciplinary Action: Defence Forces Disciplinary Action (28 Sep 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The pay of the person in question has been withheld with effect from 31 August 2005 following notification by the relevant military authorities that since 26 August 2005 his absence from his unit has been unauthorised. The military authorities advise that he is currently deemed to be absent without official leave. As the case in question is the subject of legal correspondence it would be...

Written Answers — Hearing Impairment Claims: Hearing Impairment Claims (28 Sep 2005)

Willie O'Dea: 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 is there any trace of an application for a hearing loss disability pension from the Army Pensions Board. Army personnel records do not show the named person, at either of the addresses provided, as ever having been...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (28 Sep 2005)

Willie O'Dea: My department does not own any property in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council area. Facilities at the Coast Guard station at Dún Laoghaire harbour are used by the Reserve Defence Force under a lease agreement with Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Retirement: Defence Forces Retirement (28 Sep 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The individual concerned was retired by the President on the advice of the Government with effect from a date in June 1969. The retirement was effected pursuant to section 47(2) of the Defence Act 1954 and paragraph 18(1)(f) of Defence Force Regulations A.15, which provide that an officer may be retired "in the interests of the service". The individual initiated proceedings in the High Court...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (30 Jun 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Ireland currently contributes a contingent of Defence Forces personnel to both EUFOR, the EU-led operation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and to KFOR, the NATO-led international security presence in Kosovo. In addition, a small number of Defence Forces personnel are deployed at both EUFOR and KFOR headquarters in various staff and liaison appointments. Both missions were established under the...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Dependants: Defence Forces Dependants (30 Jun 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Under the Defence Forces pensions schemes and the Army Pensions Acts, pensions or allowances may be granted in certain circumstances to or in respect of the children of deceased members of the Permanent Defence Force. Payment usually ceases when the child reaches a specified upper age limit. However, payment continues beyond the age limit in the case of a child who is incapable of...

Written Answers — Military Staff: Military Staff (30 Jun 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The pay of the person in question was withheld with effect from 9 June 2005, following notification by the relevant military authorities that his absence from his unit since 30 May 2005 was not authorised. The military medical authorities have since accepted medical certification for the period of absence and accordingly all pay due will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (30 Jun 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The individual concerned has been granted a lease of the property in question for a further period of 21 years with effect from 1 March 1998. Negotiations to agree a revised rate of rent payable in respect of this lease are ongoing and, in line with normal practice, the Department would seek to have the agreed revised rate of rent applied with effect from the date of commencement of the term...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (30 Jun 2005)

Willie O'Dea: It is understood that the Deputy's question refers to the civilian personnel employed in building maintenance. The provision of building maintenance services at military installations is under review by the military authorities. Any proposed changes arising from that review will be the subject of consultation with the relevant parties.

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (30 Jun 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Government decided on 1 July 2003 that lands at Gormanston, County Meath, would be among the State lands released for inclusion in the Sustaining Progress affordable housing initiative. The modalities for the transfer of lands at Gormanston to the relevant local authority are under consideration and my Department is in ongoing communication with the Department of the Environment, Heritage...

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (30 Jun 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Department of Defence Expenditure on Capital Projects Gormanston Camp, Co. Meath 2000 to 2005. Year Project Cost â'¬ 2000 Nil Nil 2001 Security works — fire alarm/lights 29,282.34 Security works — upgrade/extra doors 12,695.93 Security works — CCTV/intruder alarms...

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (30 Jun 2005)

Willie O'Dea: There has been no capital expenditure on Clancy Barracks, Dublin, in the past five years. On 15 July 1998, the Government approved a programme of evacuation and sale of six barracks, including Clancy, considered surplus to military requirements. The military presence in Clancy Barracks ended in 2001. The barracks was sold to Florence Properties Limited for €25.4 million in 2004.

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (30 Jun 2005)

Willie O'Dea: A contingent of the Permanent Defence Force has been serving with the United Nations mission in Liberia, UNMIL, since December 2003. Initial deployment was for one year, an extension of which was approved by Government for another year in December 2004, subject to renewal of the UN mandate and a satisfactory review of the mission. Later this year, I will be bringing proposals to the...