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Written Answers — Aircraft Landings: Aircraft Landings (4 May 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Requests for permission to land privately owned aircraft, including helicopters, are occasionally received by my Department. Such requests, usually relating to Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, are dealt with on a case by case basis and permission may be granted, subject to operational, security, administrative etc. considerations.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Deployment: Defence Forces Deployment (4 May 2005)

Willie O'Dea: For operational reasons it would be inappropriate of me to comment on this matter.

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy McManus should quieten that tadpole. Deputy Howlin was the worst Minister for Health in the history of the State.

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Silence for Lady Wicklow.

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Much more is allocated now than when Deputy Howlin was in the Department of Health.

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The question was when the Bill would be published.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (27 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Officers of the Reserve Defence Force are not used in the enlistment interview process of personnel into the Permanent Defence Force. There can, from time to time, be situations where reserve officers can have a command relationship with Permanent Defence Force personnel.

Written Answers — Military Uniforms: Military Uniforms (26 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The camouflage pattern on uniforms to which the Deputy refers is also known throughout the Defence Forces as DPM, disruptive pattern material. The disruptive pattern used in the uniforms and other Defence Forces items was designed by the Defence Forces in the late 1990s following trials carried out with various patterns that were already available. The selected pattern is unique to the...

Written Answers — Military Uniforms: Military Uniforms (26 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Military uniforms and like items are not sourced directly in Ireland. Procurement by my Department, including the Defence Forces, must be carried out in accordance with Government contracts procedures and the European Union directives, under which the award of contracts is primarily based on the quality of the product and cost. The Government Supplies Agency plays an integral role in tender...

Written Answers — Naval Service: Naval Service (26 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Details of the eight ships in the Naval Service fleet are as follows: Type Name Commissioned P21 LE Emer 1978 P22 LE Aoife 1979 P23 LE Aisling 1980 P31 LE Eithne 1984 P41 LE Orla 1985 P42 LE Ciara 1984 P51 LE Roisin 1999 P52 LE Niamh 2001 In the White Paper on Defence, the Government decided that the Naval Service will be developed around the provision of...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (26 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 491 and 492 together. The acquisition of light tactical armoured vehicles, LTAVs, for the Defence Forces has been identified as a key priority by the military authorities for 2005. The LTAVs will complement the work of the 65 Mowag armoured personnel carriers delivered in the last few years at a cost of some €84 million. The tender competition for the...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (26 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Government decision on decentralisation announced by the Minister for Finance in his Budget Statement on 3 December 2003 provides for the transfer of my Department's Dublin based Civil Service staff to Newbridge, County Kildare, and also provides for the transfer of Defence Forces headquarters staff to the Curragh, County Kildare. As the Deputy will be aware, it was in the context of the...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The mudguard has got it wrong again.

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (21 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12 and 21 to 23, inclusive, together. I have dealt with the question of the possible deployment of Irish personnel to the United Nations mission in the Sudan, UNMIS, in reply to Priority Questions on this matter earlier today. The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, UNDPKO, has invited Ireland to contribute a small number of Defence Forces...

Written Answers — Military Archives: Military Archives (21 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The military authorities advise that at present the strength of the staff in the military archives is five. The military archives are located in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6, and are the place of deposit for the records of the Department of Defence, the Defence Forces and the Army Pensions Board under the terms of section 14 of the National Archives Act 1986. The function of...

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (21 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: Dr. Eileen Doyle and the external advisory committee presented their report The Challenge of a Workplace in March 2002. This independent report addressed the range of interpersonal issues within the Defence Forces. Its contents and recommendations were accepted in full. Implementation of the recommendations of the report has been one of the highest priorities for the Defence Forces and my...

Written Answers — Air Corps Equipment: Air Corps Equipment (21 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 37 together. There are a total of 33 aircraft in service with the Air Corps at present, comprising 14 helicopters and 19 fixed wing aircraft. The type and age of the aircraft is set out in the following tabular statement, which will be circulated in the Official Report. In January 2005, two contracts were signed for the provision of new helicopters for...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (21 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: As a measure to incentivise the use of public transport, the travel pass scheme was introduced in the Civil Service on 1 January 2002. To date a number of civil servants in my Department have availed of this scheme. It is the general policy in my Department that, when travelling on official duties, officials should, as far as possible, use public transport when available.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (21 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Defence Forces have available to them equipment for monitoring and protecting their members in dealing with nuclear, biological or chemical, NBC, threats identified from time to time. They hold an extensive range of modern NBC equipment that meets their current requirements. This range includes approximately 7,000 NBC suits, 1,500 of which were delivered in 2004. It is planned to purchase...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (21 Apr 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 31 together. The specific provision, within the corpus of Defence legislation, under which members of the Permanent Defence Force can be deployed overseas is contained in section 2 of the Defence Amendment (No. 2) Act 1960. Section 2 of the above Act provides that a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force may be despatched for service outside the...