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Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (28 Oct 2010)

Tony Killeen: My Department does not employ any private security firm to secure barracks occupied by the Defence Forces. However, private firms have, on occasion, been used to secure property that has been vacated by the Military. The cost incurred in 2009 was €23,123.43 and to date in 2010 is €2,399.72.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Oct 2010)

Tony Killeen: There are currently a total of 731 civilian employees, comprising a wide variety of grades, reporting directly to military management. The employees, engaged under the provisions of the Defence Act 1954, are based at military locations around the country. The majority of these employees are made up of the craft, general operative and related grades involved mainly in the maintenance of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: The following organisations are in receipt of annual grants and subventions from the Department of Defence: In addition to the grant funding, the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO) and RDFRA are provided with office accommodation without charge. Personnel are seconded to RACO and PDFORRA on a non-recoupment basis. Currently, there are 2 officers seconded to RACO and...

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (2 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: I hope to convene a meeting of the All Party Oireachtas Consultation Group on the Centenary of the Rising in the coming weeks. The work of the Group to date has been addressed towards the re-instatement of the annual military commemorations in Dublin at Easter, the review of current conservation and development projects and a consideration of outline arrangements for a commemorative...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (2 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: I would refer the Deputy to the answer to parliamentary question no. 576 of 27th October, 2010 (ref. No. 39440/10) which stated that "the Department is aware that the Office of Public Works proposes to move three organisations, An Garda Siochana, Courts Service and a HGV testing centre into part of Ballymullen Barracks. The Department has been in contact with that Office and is awaiting a...

Written Answers — Naval Service Vessels: Naval Service Vessels (2 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: Following a two-stage tender competition a contract has recently been awarded to the preferred bidder, Babcock Marine, for the provision of two new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Naval Service. The contract value is of the order of €100m. Preparations for the construction of these new vessels have commenced and the first new vessel is scheduled for delivery in early 2014. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (2 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579 and 580 together. The Department currently has a total of fifty six properties rented for the use of the Reserve Defence Forces for training purposes. Ten properties are in use full time and the remainder are in use on a part-time basis. There are no properties rented by the Department for use as office space and all properties rented or leased are in...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (2 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. Staff (WTES) Entitlement Processing Nil Inspections Nil IT 21.7 Human Resources 22.3 Procurement 6 Legal Services Nil The Department does not employ its own Legal Advisers. From time to time it avails of the services of the Chief State Solicitor, the Attorney General and Counsel as appropriate. I would like to...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: The only open source software in use in the Department of Defence is a package called Linux. This is an operating system and has been in use for over 7 years on our MIF (Management Information Framework) servers. It is not possible to quantify how much of a saving has been made through the use of this software. The Department does not currently use generic consumables. The use of generic...

Written Answers — Naval Service Operations: Naval Service Operations (2 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: The Naval Service decompression chamber was used on 21 occasions during 2008, 23 occasions during 2009 and 49 occasions to date during 2010.

Written Answers — Departmental Procurement: Departmental Procurement (2 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: The Department has not awarded any contracts for print jobs to companies based outside the Republic of Ireland during the dates 1st January 2007 to date.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (2 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: I understand that the Deputy is referring to high level groups that liaise with outside businesses and interest groups. There are no such groups operating within the Department.

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (2 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: The Department of Defence was represented on the Inter-Departmental Group on Administrative Burden Reduction from July 2008 to June 2009. A screening exercise was performed on a comprehensive list of the Department's legislation from which no information obligations on businesses were identified. Following consultation with the Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: The Department of Defence is moving to Newbridge, Co. Kildare under the decentralisation programme. All of the Department's Dublin based civil service staff will relocate to Newbridge. The Chief of Staff, the Deputy Chiefs of Staff and a number of other military personnel will also relocate. Relocation of staff to the new building has commenced and will be completed by 8 November 2010. ...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: The Department of Defence is moving to Newbridge, Co. Kildare under the decentralisation programme. All of the Department's Dublin based civil service staff will relocate to Newbridge. The Chief of Staff, the Deputy Chiefs of Staff and a number of other military personnel will also relocate. There are no plans to organise, purchase or provide transport for staff as a result of workplace...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: There are no bodies, committees or groups under the Department of Defence or any of the agencies within the Department's remit associated with Social Partnership.

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (4 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: The Irish Red Cross Society is an independent statute based charitable organisation with full power to manage its own affairs. The Minister for Defence has no function in the administration of the Irish Red Cross Society and does not get involved in the day-to-day running of its affairs. It is my understanding that the issue of the bank account in question is being dealt with by the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: In 2007 McCann Fitzgerald solicitors were contracted, through a competitive tendering process, to provide legal drafting, research and advice services in relation to the drafting of new Rules and Procedure and Court Martial Rules following the enactment of the Defence (Amendment) Act, 2007. A payment for this service was made in 2008 to the value of €53,845 which included VAT. The Defence...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (4 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: The Department replied on 8th October 2010 to a query received from the newspaper in question regarding amounts due to Ireland, from the United Nations (UN), in respect of peacekeeping operations. As of 30th September 2010, the UN owed Ireland approximately €5.6 million. However, on 11th October a payment of approximately €5 million was received from the UN, thereby reducing the amount...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (4 Nov 2010)

Tony Killeen: A breakdown of the number of Permanent Defence Force (PDF) Cadre personnel by Reserve Defence Force (RDF) unit is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.