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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 — 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...

Ministerial Responsibilities. (15 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I have enough to do.

Ministerial Responsibilities. (15 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Jealousy will get the Deputy nowhere.

Ministerial Responsibilities. (15 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Is Deputy Kehoe the official stooge today?

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (10 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The medical care and treatment of enlisted personnel of the Permanent Defence Force is provided either directly by the medical corps, or where considered appropriate, by the medical corps referral to Health Service Executive facilities. Military personnel are free to attend private health care providers if they wish to do so, in a personal capacity as private patients, but the costs thereby...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (9 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Formal notification of posting of officers to appointments in the Defence Forces, including RDF officers, is effected by means of an amendment to the Gazette. Such amendments are normally published monthly. In the case of the appointment of officers, including commanding officers, to the new RDF establishment, the military authorities have proposed the publication of a special Gazette...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Review: Defence Forces Review (9 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Reserve Defence Force review implementation plan, which was launched in July 2004, started a process that will lead to a significantly enhanced Reserve Defence Force capability while ensuring the preservation of the traditional strengths of the reserve such as the spirit of voluntary commitment, the maintaining of strong links with local communities and a nationwide geographical spread....

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (9 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: On Saturday, 1 October, I formally launched the reorganised reserve at a ceremony in Sarsfields Barracks, Limerick. This reorganisation involves the disestablishment and amalgamation of reserve units throughout the country. The following necessary regulatory changes were signed by myself with an effective date of 1 October 2005: Amendment No. 2 to Defence Force Regulations A.1 — Statutory...

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (9 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 370 and 371 together. My Department holds two small plots of land on a laneway which was part of the former military barracks in the locality in question. In recent years, there has been unauthorised encroachment upon those plots by another party and my Department is addressing the matter of that encroachment in consultation with the Office of the Chief State...

Written Answers — Service Medals: Service Medals (9 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The following tables list the medals issued by my Department. Medals Issued for Service before 1924 1916 Medal Service Medal (War of Independence) Commemoration Medals (1966) Anniversary of Easter Rising Commemoration Medals (1967) Anniversary of the War of Independence / Truce Medals Issue for Service after 31 July1924 Emergency Service Medal Good Conduct Medal Service Medal Military Medal...

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (9 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: My Department has not experienced contracts that over-ran financially as a result of jobs being incorrectly specified.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Hands on.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: You are losing ground.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (8 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Both Aer Lingus and the Defence Forces are members of the public sector transfer scheme which provides for the reckoning by each participating organisation of earlier pensionable service with any other member of the transfer scheme. Participation in the scheme is voluntary and Aer Lingus decided to become a member of the scheme with effect from 1 June 1973. As a result, the company is obliged...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Nov 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the following table: 2002 2003 2004 â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ Translation 4,833 6,197 15,945 Training 6,100 4,086 7,868 Advertising 430 2,695 Bilingual Signage — — 1,248 Other — — 11,830 TOTAL 10,933 10,713 39,586