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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: There are no payments of mobile telephone bills made, in the form of expenses, to staff of my Department or the Defence Forces.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The amount paid in respect of the mobile telephone assigned to me as Minister for the years in question are as follows: 2006: €960.00 (Roaming charges €80.00; data charges €30.00) 2007: €1,046.97 (Roaming charges €110.00; data charges €40.00)

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The Expenditure Review of maintenance of aircraft in the Air Corps was published in July 2006. The main findings of this review were that the efficiency and effectiveness of aircraft maintenance was being compromised by the age and diversity of the fleet that the Air Corps operated over the period of the review. The ongoing investment in Defence equipment has resulted in significant...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The Value for Money Review of Clothing Procurement in the Defence Forces was published in September 2007. The review has identified potential for increased efficiency and effectiveness in the clothing storage and distribution system. An implementation group, tasked with drawing up a detailed implementation plan has been established. The anticipated improvement in inventory turnover ratios...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The Value for Money Review of the usage of military training land is scheduled for completion by end December 2008. As the review group have not completed their deliberations, I cannot comment on any potential value for money improvements that may arise.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: I anticipate that the Value for Money Review of Naval Service Vessel Maintenance will be completed by the end of March 2008. As the Review Group have not, as yet, completed their deliberations, I cannot comment on any potential value for money improvements that may arise.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 808, 810 and 812 together. My Department currently employs the services of private media monitoring companies to provide it with copies of articles relating to Defence matters in local and national newspapers. Copies of these articles are circulated by the Press Office to myself and senior officials within my Department and are also available to all members...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Details of newspapers purchased by my Department are as follows: Daily Irish Times 10 Irish Independent 5 Irish Examiner 3 Star 2 Sun 2 Mirror 2 Financial Times 1 Herald Tribune 2 Daily Mail 1 Evening Herald 2 Weekly Limerick Leader 1 The number of newspapers provided to my own office is six dailies and one weekly. Two dailies are provided to the Minister of State's office. The...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: It has not been possible in the time available to compile all the information requested by the Deputy. Whilst the information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible, I would draw the Deputy's attention to PQs 303 and 305 on Wednesday November 21st November 2007.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: A total of five posts in my Department have been authorised for the use of credit cards. Minister for Defence (This credit card was never used by me and the account was closed on my request.) Private Secretary to Minister for Defence Private Secretary for Minister of State at the Department of Defence Secretary-General of Department of Defence Human Resources Manager The total of the annual...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The cost to my Department of photographers to date in 2007 is €14,654.19. The cost for 2006 was €14,589.41. The information with regard to the cost of photography to the Department prior to 2006 is not readily available.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Since my appointment as Minister for Defence in September 2004, I have incurred no make-up costs. There is no record of make-up costs having been incurred by previous Ministers for Defence in the period from 1997 to September 2004.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The provision for official entertainment for my Department is included under Subhead A3.2 of the Defence Vote. The amounts charged against this provision for the years requested are as follows: Departmental Entertainment Year Amount â'¬ 1997 22,725 1998 17,131 1999 30,917 2000 13,830 2001 23,399 2002 15,928 2003 15,537 2004 21,316 2005 13,363 2006 10,066 2007 11,771

Written Answers — Government Information Services: Government Information Services (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Both my Press Advisor and the Departmental Press Officer receive text messages throughout the day, Monday to Friday inclusive, from the Government Information Services (GIS) which summarise the headlines of the daily national newspapers and the main news bulletins. In addition, throughout the course of the day they also receive regular emails from the GIS outlining the main news headlines....

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The attendance of my press advisor at official visits and engagements is decided on a case by case basis, depending on the significance and nature of the event, including if the media have been invited to attend. There have been many official engagements and visits in the past year when my press advisor was not present.

Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister of State at my Department is also Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach. No transport costs are incurred by my Department in respect of the Minister of State or his staff.

Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: While I do use public transport on occasions, no costs have been incurred for either myself or the Minister of State in my Department for the use of public transport for the period 1997 to date in 2007. The amounts paid in respect of the use of public transport (excluding taxi fares) by staff in my Private Office, my Constituency Office and the Private Office of the Minister for State was:...

Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: News summaries relating to Defence matters are provided on my Department's intranet, which is an in-house network and is accessible by all users of the network. The service is accessed via a standard web browser interface and is updated on a daily basis. The service is provided by Business & Finance Ltd. and average annual cost is €27,600.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: I use one mobile phone supplied by my Department; available costs are as follows: 2006 — €960.00 2007 — €1,046.97 Costs of these items from 1997 are not readily accessible and there may be statutory and other implications relating to disclosure of individual financial records for periods going back a number of years. I will clarify this and will correspond with the Deputy as soon as...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Willie O'Dea: Staff appointed directly by me have been assigned mobile phones, blackberries and laptop computers. Costs relating to these items are as follows; Mobile phones and blackberries: 2006 — €8,595.34 2007 — €9,550.38 Laptop computers are drawn from a Departmental pool and costs are not attributable on an individual basis. Costs of these items from 1997 are not readily accessible and...