Results 11,961-11,980 of 12,604 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Hospital Accommodation. (21 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: As the House will be aware, earlier this week I stated my desire to make the use of facilities at St. Bricin's Military Hospital available to the public health service. This offer includes the three specific areas for the treatment of civilian patients identified back in 2001, but also includes any possible options that the Health Service Executive might wish to put to the Department of...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (20 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 319 and 320 together. As Minister for Defence, I have contracted four staff as follows: Job Description Name Current Salary Special Advisor to the Minister for Defence. To provide relevant advice to the Minister as necessary Derek Mooney â'¬71,990 per annum Press Advisor to the Minister for Defence. To provide press liaison services to...

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Nobody likes a smart ass.

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: That is why the Deputy is taken nowhere.

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: That is not true. The Deputy should correct himself.

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Deputy did not do a whole pile when he was in charge of the Department of Health.

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I could not get anything with the Deputy. He blocked everything. He was in the Department all the time doing nothing.

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I was provoked.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Retirement Scheme: Defence Forces Retirement Scheme (19 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: 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 Price Waterhouse consultants who had been engaged by the efficiency audit group, EAG, to conduct...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Deployment: Defence Forces Deployment (19 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The military authorities have advised that personnel of the Defence Forces may be detached from their parent unit and attached to another unit of the Defence Forces in accordance with Defence Force Regulation A10. The Defence Forces, including the Naval Service, have no particular definition of the term "long-term attachment". Its use is a matter of custom and practice. Detachments are...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (19 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The target shed in Kilworth Camp, County Cork, has been reroofed. A new power supply has been brought to the building and will soon be connected, after which heating and lighting will be provided. It is my understanding that the civilian staff involved are being accommodated during the renovations. It is intended that the work will be completed shortly.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (19 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Arising from concerns that continuing use of the pitch and putt facilities in question, which are held under licence from the Department of Defence, may present serious health and safety hazards for members and visitors, it was decided to suspend further use of the facilities with immediate effect, pending a complete safety assessment of the site and this decision was conveyed in writing to...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Military service allowance, MSA, was made pensionable in the case of Defence Forces personnel retiring on or after 1 August 1990 on foot of a recommendation of the Commission on Remuneration and Conditions of Service in the Defence Forces, the Gleeson commission. That approach is fully consistent with settled public service pensions policy, which provides that the benefit of an allowance...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Question Nos. 1043 and 1045 together. The Army Pensions Acts provide that a disability pension may, following retirement, be granted to a former member of the Permanent Defence Force in respect of permanent disablement due to a wound or injury attributable to military service, whether at home or abroad, or to a disease attributable to or aggravated by overseas service with a...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (12 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I did not travel abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (12 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: There are currently no plans to move sections of my Department which are based outside Dublin to other non-Dublin locations.

Written Answers — Fairtrade Products: Fairtrade Products (12 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I am aware of the Fairtrade campaign and its laudable objective of having Fairtrade products widely available and used. Procurement by my Department, including the Defence Forces, must be carried out in accordance with Government contracts procedures and the European Union directives, under which the award of contracts is primarily based on the quality of the product and cost. It is not open...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (12 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The information sought by the Deputy is as follows. Army Pensions Board: the chairperson and a civilian doctor receive annual fees of €7,619 and €5,077 respectively. Coiste an Asgard: there are no annual fees paid to the chairperson or directors of an coiste. Civil Defence Board: there are no annual fees paid to the chairperson or directors of this board.

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: No lottery funds have been provided by my Department for projects outside the State.

Written Answers — FCA Training: FCA Training (23 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Under the Defence Forces pensions schemes, pensionable service consists mainly of full-time service in the Permanent Defence Force, PDF. Service in An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil, FCA, is not generally reckonable as pensionable service. Exceptionally, however, service on full-time security duties by members of the FCA may be reckoned and may be aggregated with pensionable service in the PDF in...