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Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (27 Jan 2009)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1026 and 1027 together. The number, grade and salary scales of civil servants engaged on constituency work in my Department is set out as follows: Number Grade Salary Scale as at 01/09/2008 1 Executive Officer Executive Officer PPC scale €32,179 – €51,054 1 Staff Officer Staff Officer Scale PPC €36,779 – €49,104 1 Clerical Officer Clerical...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (27 Jan 2009)

Willie O'Dea: The text of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in December 2006. Ireland signed the Convention, subject to ratification, in March 2007. The Convention came into force on 3 May 2008. In line with the Government's decision to sign the Convention in March 2007, it is intended to ratify the Convention as quickly...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jan 2009)

Willie O'Dea: The expenses and allowances paid by my Department to me are as follows: Year Travel & Subsistence Minister's Expense Allowance Expenses € € € 2007 711.25 7,258.96 863.41 2008 Nil 13,344.76 2908.53 2009 Nil 1,026.52 Nil The Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach is also Minister of State at my Department. The Department of the Taoiseach pays the Minister of State's...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Jan 2009)

Willie O'Dea: My Department does not provide grant assistance of the kind referred to in the Question.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2009)

Willie O'Dea: It was a ballpark figure.

Written Answers — Naval Service Vessels: Naval Service Vessels (18 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: It has been decided to carry out a further underwater survey of Asgard II in order to establish the current condition of the vessel. Due to weather and other factors it is unlikely that this survey will take place before the end of the year. When the results of the survey are available, a final decision will be taken as to whether to proceed with a salvage operation.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (18 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: My Department is engaged in an on-going capital building programme designed to modernize and enhance the training, operational and accommodation facilities available to the Defence Forces both Permanent and Reserve. The programme focuses mainly on infrastructural projects comprising of the construction of new buildings and the refurbishment of existing buildings. The requirement for...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (18 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: The information requested in relation to location and size of premises, rented or leased, is outlined in the following tabular statement. Rents paid for these premises is based on a number of factors, including, size, location and quality of the facilities. Information on the specific rents paid in respect of each premises is commercially sensitive. However, the total of annual rents for...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: Insofar as my Department is concerned no equipment or data has been reported lost or stolen in the last twelve months. In relation to Defence Forces ICT equipment, one DF laptop was reported stolen from a private residence of a member of the Defence Forces in June of this year. The laptop was encrypted and sensitive or private data was not compromised. In relation to all other non-ICT items...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 418 and 419 together. Where hotel accommodation is necessary, the costs are generally met by the individual staff member out of his/her overnight fixed rate of subsistence as is the case throughout the public service. In certain limited cases, my Department pays the cost of hotel accommodation directly. However, records are not readily available in these...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: The number and capacity of computer servers in my Department and the Defence Forces is spread over a number of mainstream applications, including Local and Wide Area Networks, business, administrative and financial systems, web hosting, mission-critical support systems and a wide range of local and specialist applications. The capacity varies according to need. There is also a wide...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: There are controls in place to ensure that there can be no interference to inventoried weapons assigned to a Unit of the Defence Forces. All weapons are stored in sound and secure premises where access is restricted to designated personnel. There are frequent and detailed inspections of the serial-numbered assets and items of controlled stores. Defence Force Regulation L2 on Weapons,...

Written Answers — Estate Management: Estate Management (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: In April 2008, officials from my Department met with the residents from Orchard Park to outline plans for a programme of works including a children's play area and the upgrade of laneways to deter antisocial behaviour. This work is currently underway. It is hoped that these remedial works will assist in the takeover of the estate by Kildare County Council. Since that meeting, my officials...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: I have set out in the table the estimated cost to my Department for 2008 and 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of my Department. These figures are based on existing personnel numbers and do not reflect any changes in numbers or profile of staff that might take place in the future. Some of the factors that can influence this are resignations, career...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: The Government decision on decentralisation provides for the transfer of my Department's Dublin-based civil service staff, together with a number of military personnel, to Newbridge, Co. Kildare, and for the decentralisation of the Defence Forces Headquarters (DFHQ) to the Curragh. The number of posts to be relocated to Newbridge is approximately 200 civil service posts together with 43...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: I have set out in the following table the information requested by the Deputy: Grades Earnings less than €50,000 Earnings between €50,001 and €60,000 Earnings between €60,001 and €70,000 Earnings between €70,001 and €80,000 Earnings between €80,001 and €90,000 Earnings between €90,001 and €100,000 Earnings over €100,001 Accountant Nil Nil Nil Nil 1 Nil Nil...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: I have set out in the table below the number of civil and public servants working in or under the aegis of my Department for each year from 2002 to date in 2008. Number of Civil and Public Servants 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 412.1 407.1 406.4 389.4 384.5 400.8 406.8

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the table: Grade Dublin Roscrea Galway Brussels Cork Curragh Kosovo Athlone Secretary General 1.0 Asst Secretary 2.0 Head of Corporate Services 1.0 PO 10.5 1.0 2.0 1 Accountant 1.0 AP 24.1 3.0 8.0 2 Technical Officer 1.0 HEO 32.8 4.8 19.2 1 Properties Officer 1.0 Admin...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: The bodies under the aegis of my Department are the Civil Defence Board, the Board of Coiste an Asgard and the Army Pensions Board. Budget 2009 does not contain any proposals in relation to these bodies nor is it my intention to merge, amalgamate, or abolish any of them. My Department provides support services (finance, IT, human resources) to all three and I am satisfied that this is an...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (17 Dec 2008)

Willie O'Dea: I wish to state that no taxpayers' money was given by my Department to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead up to the Lisbon Referendum. The only payment made to this company is in respect of Corporate Membership renewal in the sum of €6,000, which fell due in September 2008.