Results 1,161-1,180 of 12,630 for speaker:Willie O'Dea
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (15 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: The current position is that people with disabilities make up 3.75% of the total Civil Service staff in my Department. The guidelines for the employment of people with disabilities as set out in the Code of Practice for the Civil Service 1994 is followed by my Department which has consistently exceeded the target of 3% for the employment of people with physical, sensory or psychological...
- Written Answers — North-South Co-operation: North-South Co-operation (15 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: There is no North-South unit, as such, in my Department. However, close contact is maintained by my Department with the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government with regard to North-South matters. The impact of policy decisions on North-South relations is considered by my Department...
- Written Answers — Military Uniforms: Military Uniforms (15 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: As part of the ongoing programme to review and rewrite the administrative series of Defence Force regulations with a view to their simplification and modernisation, my predecessor, Deputy Michael Smith, signed into effect on 18 December 2001 a new regulation entitled Defence Force Regulations A.9 (New Series) Dress and Medals. This regulation revoked Defence Force regulations A.9 Dress â Na...
- Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (15 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: The statistical information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. General Service Enlistment 1994 to-date. Number Total enlisted 6,269 Still serving 3,371 Male 2,992 Female 379 The original terms of enlistment were set out in Defence Force Regulation A.10 which stipulates that personnel enlisted into the Defence Forces after 1 January 1994 will serve for...
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme. (15 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: I thank Senator Dardis for raising this matter on the Adjournment. The Government decision on decentralisation, which was announced by the former Minister for Finance, Mr. McCreevy, in his Budget Statement on 3 December 2003, provides for the transfer of Dublin-based Civil Service staff of the Department of Defence to Newbridge, County Kildare. The Office of Public Works has identified a...
- Seanad: School Staffing. (15 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: I thank Senator Morrissey for raising this matter. The approach of the Department of Education and Science to the increasingly diverse cultural and ethnic nature of the pupil base in Irish schools is twofold. It is promoting and facilitating the delivery of an intercultural education to all children and is providing the specific supports needed by children whose first language is not English...
- Written Answers — Defence Forces Training: Defence Forces Training (16 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: The total number of foreign personnel who attended courses at the Defence Forces Training Centre, Curragh Camp, County Kildare, since 1996 is 464. A breakdown in terms of the countries of origin of these groups of personnel and the type of training received is shown in the following charts. United Nations Training School, Ireland, Military College. International Military Observers & Staff...
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (17 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: Deputy Sargent should get a life.
- Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: Deputy Rabbitte should take the matter up with the editor of The Irish Times.
- Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: That is the worst joke I have heard this morning.
- Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: I will give Deputy O'Sullivan my number four preference.
- Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: Trotsky was big into weapons.
- Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: The Ballybunion Bolsheviks.
- Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: The Deputy should look in the mirror.
- Written Answers — Capital Expenditure: Capital Expenditure (17 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: There were no capital projects in my Department in 2004 or 2005 with an estimated cost of between â¬30 million and â¬50 million.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: The press office in my Department, which comprises one assistant principal and one executive officer, provide services to the Minister of State in my Department, Deputy Kitt, as and when required. The salary scale for assistant principal is â¬57,630 ââ¬71,859 and the salary scale for executive officer is â¬28,021 ââ¬44,458.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: The Minister of State at the Department of Defence, Deputy Kitt, has one clerical officer employed on constituency work at the rate of â¬32,728 per annum.
- Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (22 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: I am advised by the military authorities that the individual concerned was informed in early May 2005 that the Department would not pay for the costs of private medical consultations. It appears that, in relation to the present matter, the individual first attended a private health care facility as a private patient in mid-August 2005 and that he attended again on a second occasion in...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (22 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: There are four permanent civil servants employed in my private office comprising one higher executive officer, one executive officer, one staff officer and one clerical officer. At current rates and since 1 January 2005, the salaries of these staff amounted to â¬140,964 per annum. Costs in relation to overtime and expenses â travel and subsistence â have amounted to â¬3,966. There are...
- Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (22 Nov 2005)
Willie O'Dea: The draft protected area order proposed in the 1950s, which was not promulgated, provided for four sub-areas in the general environs of Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. The total area covered comprised 32,000 acres approximately.