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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Strategy Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Department is continuing to work closely with the Defence Forces to ensure that they retain the capabilities to fulfil all roles assigned by Government, both at home and overseas. In this context, and within the available resource envelope, decisions to replace equipment and ongoing recruitment to the Permanent Defence Force will prioritise the maintenance of required operational outputs....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Travel (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: Details of usage by Government of the Ministerial Air Transport Service (MATS) for 2011, 2012, 2013 and up to the end of November 2014 are set out in the tabular statement. The Deputy may wish to note that, in line with a commitment made in the Programme for Government, information relating to the MATS is now published on my Department’s website and is updated on a monthly basis. In...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: Civil Service policy on leave without pay is decided centrally by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. There are a range of options open to staff wishing to avail of periods of unpaid leave. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of staff in my Department currently on sabbatical/career breaks/Carers leave is set out in the table below. Duration ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The total costs for photography paid by the Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 to date is set out in the table below: Date Company Cost 25/3/2011 Maxwell Photography €393.25 (Including VAT) 9/11/2011 Maxwell Photography €849.42 (Including VAT) 21/11/2012 Fennell Photography €116.85 (including VAT) 10/07/2013 Maxwell Photography €17.22...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Relations Contracts Data (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 269 together. My Department has not incurred any expenditure on external public relations since March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 262 and 263 together. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the total amount of expenditure on external IT consultants by my Department, for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 is set out in the table. My Department is always mindful of the costs involved in engaging consultants. External consultants are engaged only when there is a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Appointments to State Boards (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The State Boards under the aegis of the Department of Defence in March 2011 were the Civil Defence Board, the Board of Coiste an Asgard and the Army Pensions Board. The Civil Defence Board was identified in the Public Service Reform Plan as a body to be abolished. The then Minister for Defence appointed a 14 person interim Board as a temporary measure in 2011 and in this context none of the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Freedom of Information Requests (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables below: FOI Requests: Year Number of Requests * Refused Granted Part Granted 2009 62 10 30 10 2010 63 8 12 20 2011 40 5 20 7 2012 50 5 15 11 2013 40 5 7 11 2014 to date 29 2 8 9 *Please note that this figure includes requests received which were...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reports (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: My Department has commissioned two external reports since 9 March 2011. On 19th April 2011, Mr Frank Callanan, SC, was commissioned to carry out an independent review into matters relevant to the deaths of Corporal Fintan Heneghan, Private Mannix Armstrong and Private Thomas Walsh on 21st March 1989 while serving with the 64th Infantry Battalion, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The details requested in respect of the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 (15thDecember) on staff subsistence (including foreign subsistence) and taxi payments in respect of Departmental civil servants, members of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) and civilian employees, is as outlined below: Year Subsistence Payments Taxi Payments 2011 ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Legal Costs (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Chief State Solicitor’s Office, Attorney General’s Office and the State Claims Agency deal with all legal matters on behalf of my Department. The main requirement for legal services in my Department is in the context of litigation, usually in the form of administrative law and personal injury proceedings. The Chief State Solicitor’s Office and the State Claims Agency...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry Funding (17 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The funding mechanism for the provision of State support to the horse racing industry is set down in Section 12 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001. This legislation will be updated in the forthcoming Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill which will be published early in 2015, after it is approved by CabinetThe General Scheme of this Bill, published in June 2014, was examined by the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (17 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: My Department received a Transfer of Entitlements application on 13 thMay 2014 to transfer 16.20 standard entitlements from the above herdnumber. As this application requested the sale of entitlements which the person named did not in fact own, this transfer application was rejected. Payment will issue to the person named in the coming days in respect of the entitlements held by him.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (17 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas scheme application on 14 March 2014. Processing of the application has recently been finalised and payments issued on 11 December 2014 under the Single Payment Scheme and is due to issue shortly in respect of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (17 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: EU Regulations governing the administration of the Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ Schemes, and other area based schemes, requires my Department to carry out an annual round of inspections, both in the field and by means of Remote Sensing, to ensure the eligibility of land declared to drawdown payments. The basis of these inspections is governed by EU legislation and there are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: My Department received a Transfer of Entitlements application on 30 thApril 2014 requesting a change to the registration details on the above herdnumber from the name of the second person named into the names of both persons named. In order to execute this entitlements transfer it was necessary for the persons named to firstly change the herdnumber details in the Regional Veterinary Office...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (17 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application under 2014 Single Payment / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 8 May 2014. Processing of the application has recently been finalised and payment under both schemes will shortly issue, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named. The person named commenced REPS 4 in July 2009 and received payments for the first five years of their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (17 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Payment / Disadvantaged Areas scheme application on 11 April 2014. Processing of the application has recently been finalised and payments are issuing, subject to an over-claim penalty being applied, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: International Agreements (17 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The implementation of the Istanbul Convention is not a matter for this Department. My Department has had no engagement with the Department of Justice and Equality on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (17 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: An examination of the 34 recommendations in the CEDRA report, link attached, will illustrate that, in the majority of instances, additional resources are not required to implement CEDRA proposals. Instead the major and consistent message of the report is that a more focused and integrated delivery of the existing services is required to energise rural economic development and to achieve more...