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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: A total of 359 members of the Defence Forces are based at Aiken Barracks, Dundalk along with 9 civilian employees of my Department. An additional 2 members of the Defence Forces are based at Slua Hall, Drogheda. All of the personnel concerned have permanent, full-time positions. Aiken Barracks, Dundalk and Slua Hall, Drogheda are both owned by my Department. There are no plans to close,...

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: The Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes requested all Departments to prepare evaluation papers outlining potential areas for savings in staff numbers and expenditure. Such papers were prepared in respect of the Defence Group of Votes. The Secretary General of my Department and the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces met with the Special Group in the course of...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: Nine members of staff have applied for the Incentivised Career Break Scheme and five members of staff have applied for the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement in my Department. A total of 14 civilian employees opted to retire in the past 12 months under voluntary early retirement schemes in connection with the closure of certain military facilities. As part of these schemes, the...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (9 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 709, 710, 711 and 712 together. The strength of the RDF Cadre comprises three elements: - Personnel who retained their pre-2005 appointments following the re-organisation - Personnel who held appointments pre-2005, but whose appointments were not continued. These personnel continue to serve in the RDF Cadre, but are designated as Serving Without Appointment...

Written Answers — Airport Exclusion Zones: Airport Exclusion Zones (9 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: Section 36 of the Defence Act, 1954 provides the Minister of Defence with the authority to introduce protected area orders in respect of the vicinity of Casement Aerodrome or other military aerodrome. These zones were first introduced in 1955. Since the introduction of the Planning and Development Act the details of these restrictions have been incorporated into the various Development...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (9 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: Due to the substantial volume of information sought by the Deputy, it is impossible for my Department and the Defence Forces to collate all of the relevant material within any reasonable timescale. The Deputy may wish to consider re-submitting a more specific question or he may wish to write directly to the Contracts Branch of my Department for the particular information that he is seeking....

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (9 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: My Department has not engaged the services of CLG since 2002. It is my understanding that there is no issue in my Department regarding the non payment of sub-contractors.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: Expenditure on advertising by my Department in 2009 amounted to €49,343 all of which was non-statutory. Of this total, €30,923 was expended in relation to property transactions and warning notices to the public in respect of military training exercises; €11,127 was in respect of publication of a notice in the national newspapers regarding the fees payable to professional service...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: The main requirement for legal services in my Department is in the context of administrative law litigation, usually in the form of judicial review and personal injury proceedings. The Chief State Solicitor's Office is responsible for the costs of the State's legal teams in cases that it manages on behalf of my Department. Details of these costs are not available within the Department....

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: The total cost of running, servicing and administration of Baldonnel Airport was in the region of €1.028 million for the year 2006, €1.113 million for 2007 and €1.35 million in 2008 amounting to € 3.491 million over the three year period. These costs include electricity, gas, water, waste, cleaning and other general administration costs.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: Following a detailed formal agreement with the Irish Bankers Federation, which was signed on 11 May 2005, the banks pay the total actual costs incurred by the Defence Forces in the provision of cash escorts, therefore there is no itemised breakdown per individual bank. Costs in respect of each 12 month period to end-December, are paid the following year on or before the 1st June. This is to...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: The amount of the mobile telephone bills paid in relation to the Departmental mobile telephones assigned to me by my Department in each of the years 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 is detailed in the following table. Year Total Cost 2007 1046.97 2008 1296.50 2009 633.31 A breakdown of data into the other categories i.e. Roaming and Data charges is not held in the required format on our...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: The cycle to work scheme is being made available to Permanent Defence Force personnel. My Department officials, in consultation with the Military authorities, are finalising the detailed arrangements to implement the scheme in the Permanent Defence Force.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Staff: Defence Forces Staff (7 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: The members of the Defence Forces assigned to duties at Áras an Uachtaráin consist of four Officers and two Non Commissioned Officers. Their duties include ceremonial duties, acting in a representative capacity on behalf of the President at certain events, the provision of armed security and a twenty-four hour duty contact facility at Áras an Uachtaráin and such other related duties as...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (7 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: It is anticipated that this property will be disposed of, taking account of the market conditions, so as to maximise the return to the Defence Forces and generate funding for reinvestment in Defence Forces equipment and infrastructure in accordance with Government policy. Significant progress has been achieved over the past decade in re-equipping and developing Defence Forces capabilities,...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (7 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: My Department rents 52 properties to cater for the needs of the Reserve Defence Force. The majority of the rents are fixed and the leases do not contain a rent review clause. Those leases that are subject to a rent review would have the method of the review set out in the lease and it may not be possible to negotiate the rent downwards. However, my Department, in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: Expenditure on delegates' allowance for the past three years is outlined in the following table: Year Delegates Allowance Paid 2008 €5602 2007 €3248 2006 €6339

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (7 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 452 and 453 together. Entry to the Permanent Defence Force is either through the Cadetship Competition, General Service Enlistment, Apprenticeship Competition or Direct Entry Competitions which are held to fill vacancies in specialist appointments. I am informed by the Military Authorities that there were 1,183 applications received for the 2008 Cadetship...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (7 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: My Department has not awarded any contracts for print jobs to companies based outside the Republic of Ireland during the dates 1 January 2007 to date.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Role: Defence Forces Role (2 Jul 2009)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 133 to 137, inclusive, together. The information requested is set out in the following table: Event 2008 2009 Presentation of Credentials 11 6 Prime Ministerial Visits 1 0 State Visits By Head of State (In/Out) 4 0 State Visit by President of Ireland (Honour Guard) 0 0 State Visit by President of Ireland (Full Ceremonial) 4 2