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Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (15 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: Emergency planning is based on the 'lead department' principle. This means that each department is responsible for activating and managing the coordination of the response to those emergencies that impact on its areas of responsibility. In December 2008, the Government approved the document entitled 'Roles and Responsibilities in Emergency Planning'. This document, for the first time,...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Training: Defence Forces Training (15 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: Following the closure of the Army Apprentice School in 1998, and in order to ensure the availability of the requisite levels of technical skills in the Defence Forces, a Trainee Technician Scheme and an Apprentice Scheme were introduced. Personnel already serving in the Defence Forces enter the Trainee Technician Scheme while civilian personnel who join the Defence Forces to begin their...

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (15 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: The Department of Defence and the Defence Forces are members of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning. One of the ways in which the Defence Forces provide assistance in aid to the Civil Authority (ATCA) is by providing assistance under the Framework For Major Emergency Management. There is no specific specialist training undertaken to provide this assistance but the broad range...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (15 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: Defence Forces Married Quarters are provided to serving members until their retirement or resignation. The term overholder is used to describe former members of the Defence Forces and their families who have refused to leave the quarters within 15 days of leaving the service. There are currently 50 overholders living in military accommodation. I refer the Deputy to Question No 150 of the...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (15 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: Ten military barracks have been closed since 1998. The receipts accruing from the sale of the first five barracks were as follows: Murphy Barracks, Ballincollig €44.5m, Fitzgerald Camp, Fermoy €973,889, Devoy Barracks, Naas €9.3m, Castleblayney Barracks €761,843, and Clancy Barracks, Islandbridge €25.4m.The Government decided on 1st July 2003 that Magee Barracks, Kildare would be...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (16 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: The relevant bodies within the remit of the Department are the Civil Defence Board, the Board of Coiste an Asgard and the Army Pensions Board. There were no appointments made to these bodies in the period 1 June 2010 to date in 2010. Mr David J O'Callaghan was appointed by the Government as a member of the Central Council of the Irish Red Cross Society on 8 September 2010 on my nomination....

Written Answers — Severe Weather Events: Severe Weather Events (16 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: The Department of Defence and the Defence Forces are members of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning, in addition, they also participated in the Emergency Response Committee which dealt with the recent severe weather. One of the ways in which the Defence Forces provide assistance in aid to the Civil Authority (ATCA) is by providing assistance under the agreed multi-agency...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: The Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 contains a commitment "to introduce significantly improved performance management across all Public Service areas, and following the current review, the Performance Management and Development System will be strengthened with promotion and incremental progression linked in all cases to performance and the implementation of appropriate systems to address...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: The Department employs individuals on temporary contract from time to time for a range of reasons, such as the provision of term time cover, staff on fixed purpose contracts or political appointees such as Special Advisors or Personal Assistants. The following table sets out the number of persons employed on temporary contracts and their associated costs in 2009 and 2010. Year Number of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Tony Killeen: The costs to the Department of providing computer hardware and software in my own office in Department Headquarters, my office in Leinster House and my constituency office, from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2010, are listed below in tabular form. 2007 2008 2009 2010 Hardware* nil â'¬1,2251 nil â'¬18,6912 Software nil nil nil nil * Includes preloaded software 1 The cost in 2008...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Tony Killeen: No payments were made by the Department of Defence to the company referred to in the Deputy's Question.

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (12 Jan 2011)

Tony Killeen: The Department provides the following five websites: Site Name Cost €2010 Department of Defence defence.ie 33,086 Civil Defence civildefence.ie Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) emergencyplanning.ie 21,865 Permanent Defence Forces military.ie 34,135 Reserve Defence Forces rdf.ie In the case of the OEP website, the number of unique visits per month averaged 7,000 during 2010. It...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Operations-: Defence Forces Operations- (12 Jan 2011)

Tony Killeen: The Department of Defence and the Defence Forces are members of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning. One of the ways in which the Defence Forces provide assistance in Aid to the Civil Authority (ATCA) is by providing assistance under the agreed multi-agency Framework for Major Emergency Management. Representation on the Task Force ensures the fullest coordination and cooperation...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Tony Killeen: The information the Deputy is seeking is set out below. There was no opinion polling conducted during the period in question. Year Activity 2007 Public focus group research was conducted in connection with the development of the Customer Service Action Plan for the Department. The cost of the research was €3,500.00. 2008 Public focus group research was conducted in connection with...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Tony Killeen: The following table provides the information requested in relation to the number of mobile telephones paid for by public bodies under my remit in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the total cost of paying mobile telephone bills in each of those years. Public Body Year No. Of Mobile Phones Total Expenditure Including VAT Coiste an Asgard 2006 3 â'¬5,308 Coiste an...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Tony Killeen: The following table details the number of mobile phones and the total spend by the Department on mobile phones in each of years 2006 to 2010. Year Number of mobile phones Total Expenditure Including VAT 2006 131 â'¬51,984 2007 122 â'¬52,057 2008 119 â'¬54,018 2009 112 â'¬52,703 2010 111 â'¬46,246 The following table details the number of mobile phones and the total spend by...

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (12 Jan 2011)

Tony Killeen: The All Party Oireachtas Consultation Group on the Centenary of the Rising, which I chair and on which I represent the Government, also comprises Deputy Jimmy Deenihan (Fine Gael), Deputy Joe Costello (Labour), Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Sinn Féin) and Deputy Michael Lowry (for independent members). I am aware of the interest of members to have a meeting of the Group and will convene it as...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (12 Jan 2011)

Tony Killeen: I am advised by the Military authorities that as at 31 December 2010, there were 795 Permanent Defence Force (PDF) personnel stationed in McKee Barracks and 829 PDF personnel stationed in Cathal Brugha Barracks.

Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (12 Jan 2011)

Tony Killeen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 923 and 925 together. The Chief State Solicitors Office and the State Claims Agency deal with all legal matters on behalf of the Department. As such it would seldom arise that the Department procure the services of external solicitors and barristers directly. In 2007 McCann Fitzgerald solicitors were contracted, through a competitive tendering process, to...

Written Answers — Legal Proceedings: Legal Proceedings (12 Jan 2011)

Tony Killeen: The information requested in relation to cases initiated is set out in the following table: Year No. of claimsInitiated Category of Claims LegalRepresentatives Personal Injuries* Judicial Review Chief State Solicitor's Office State Claims Agency 2008 160 147 13 20 140 2009 182 174 8 18 164 2010 126 122 4 17 109 * Personal injuries and property damage cases No separate...