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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (14 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve in 2016 and 2017 is as follows: Year Sea Days 2016 150 days 2017 167 days (to date)

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Travel (14 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 778 and 779 together. Information in relation to Ministerial Air Transport is available publically via a link entitled Ministerial Air Transport Service (MATS) on the Department of Defence homepage at .This information is updated on a monthly basis. The use of any Air Corps aircraft for Ministerial transport is subject to the authorisation of An Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The total costs for photography paid by the Department in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 to date is set out in the table below:- 2011 Maxwell Photography €393.25 2012 Fennell Photography €116.85 2013 Maxwell Photography €17.22 2014 Maxwell Photography €713.40 2017 Maxwell Photography €590.40 The Department of Foreign Affairs...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (14 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: My Department has not incurred any expenditure on external public relations firms since March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts Data (14 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to external consultant reports commissioned by my Department since March 2011 is set out in the table below. Report Cost Date of Commission Company Publication Date An independent review of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) fatalities in 1989 €51,660 19 April 2011 Mr. Frank Callanan, S.C. 19...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (14 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 783 and 784 together. The total expenditure to date in 2017 by the Department of Defence for photography, advertising and website development is set out in the tables below. There was no expenditure in relation to communications advice, public relations and media training and preparation in 2017. In relation to expenditure in these areas for the Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Travel (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 107 together. Information in relation to Ministerial Air Transport is available publicly via a link entitled Ministerial Air Transport Service (MATS) on the Department of Defence homepage at www.defence.ie. This information is updated on a monthly basis.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: As I indicated in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 47 on 12th December 2017, the occupational pension scheme terms of post-1 January 2013 new entrants to the public service, including the Permanent Defence Force, are governed by the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012.  All first-time new entrants to pensionable public service employment on or...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 to 112, inclusive, and 122 together. Expenditure Allocations for all Departments, both current (2018-2020) and capital (2018-2021), were published as part of the Budget documentation.  It is expected that any investment or expenditure on defence, including that arising from Ireland’s participation in PESCO, will be met from within these...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: As previously advised the report of the Working Group on Malaria Chemoprophylaxis was convened in the context of current and potential litigation and is legally privileged, as is all the information about the group to include consultations and deliberations.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: My Department provides funding to a small number of organisations for specific functions. These funds are paid in accordance with public financial procedures. No funding has been provided by my Department in relation to the Eighth Amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The amount of funding allocated to the Civil Defence in the national budget in the past five years is as follows: Year Budget (€) 2013 4.243m 2014 4.24m 2015 4.24m 2016 5.24m 2017 5.24m

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Civil Defence training and operations are funded by a combination of a central grant from the Department of Defence and a contribution from the relevant local authority on a 70/30 basis. The annual operational grant from the Department of Defence covers 70% of the running costs of Civil Defence each year, up to a set grant limit, and the Local Authority provides the remaining 30%. It...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Civil Defence vehicles are based within the local authorities throughout the country.  These vehicles are operated under the control of the Civil Defence Officer who is an employee of the local authority. The Civil Defence Branch of the Department of Defence periodically gives guidance to Civil Defence Officers on best practice in this area. Under the Commercial Vehicle...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: There is a Civil Defence Unit in each local authority area. The number of active personnel in each Unit over the past five years is set out in the following table. Local Authority 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 CARLOW 70 61 56 60 63 CAVAN 271 262 269 213 225 CLARE 156 212 214 200 179 CORK CITY 102 77 82 94 95 CORK NORTH 89 67 67 70 76 CORK SOUTH 56 47 48 49 44 CORK WEST 107 109 86 82...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Grant funding for equipment for Civil Defence is issued to the Local Authorities on application, from time to time.  The funding allocated by my Department in the past five years for purchasing equipment is outlined in the following table.  Each local authority is also issued with an annual operational grant and this funding may be used at local level for the purchase of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The number of Civil Defence road vehicles per unit for the past five years is outlined in the following table. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 CARLOW 8 8 9 9 11 CAVAN 12 12 12 13 15 CIVIL DEFENCE HQ 5 6 7 9 7 CLARE 7 7 9 10 12 CORK CITY 9 9 10 10 12 CORK NORTH 9 11 11 12 12 CORK SOUTH 9 10 10 9 11 CORK WEST 9 7 8 9 10 DONEGAL 11 11 11 14 11 DUBLIN 69 69 72 83 92 GALWAY 22 25 26 31 33...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The budget allocated by my Department to each unit of the Civil Defence in the past six years is outlined in the following table.  Local authorities are also allocated grant funding for equipment from time to time, on application. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Carlow 50,689 49,856 49,770 42,685 49,770 44,845 Cavan 65,941 64,279 66,853 69,009 66,853 70,066 Clare 89,982 87,924...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: After a Security Duty is performed by a member of the Permanent Defence Force, the details of the duty are entered on the Defence Forces’ Personnel Management System (PMS) at unit level, where certain unit personnel have responsibilities relating to the processing of such duties. If the relevant personnel are not available the responsibilities relating to Security Duty Allowance (SDA)...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The unique and challenging nature of military service requires that military personnel are free from the presence or influence of any controlled drug or substance.  The Defence Forces conduct Compulsory Random Drug Testing of all employees with approximately 10% of Defence Forces personnel tested annually. Such testing was introduced within the Defence Forces in 2002.  The...