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Written Answers — Defence Forces Accommodation: Defence Forces Accommodation (1 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: As I indicated in my reply to the Deputy's Parliamentary Question No. 67 on 12 October 2004, personnel on being discharged from the Permanent Defence Force are obliged to vacate married quarters within a short period of the dates of their discharge. The provision of housing is primarily a matter for the local authorities and married military personnel have an equal claim on such housing as...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Training: Defence Forces Training (3 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211 and 212 together. The items referred to in the Deputy's questions are matters for consideration by the military court of inquiry to which I have referred in previous replies to the House on this incident. The court of inquiry will be held following completion of the civil legal action which has been initiated.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (3 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: As no consultancy or other work was carried out for or on behalf of my Department by the person referred to by the Deputy, the payment of fees or remuneration does not arise.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (3 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The White Paper on Defence and the programme for Government recognise the importance of offering rewarding and challenging careers to Defence Forces personnel. In this regard, both provide for the preparation of an updated and comprehensive plan for an integrated personnel management system, IPMS, to address this and related issues. Initial proposals for an IPMS were developed by the military...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Training: Defence Forces Training (8 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 434 together. The military authorities have advised that training instructions 03/77 and 17/87 have been replaced by training instruction 2/2002, Safety Precautions for Live Firing — Small Arms and Use of Pyrotechnics. Training instruction 2/2002 has been issued to all unit commanders and is published on the directorate of Defence Forces training web...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (8 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: There are four members of staff employed in my private office. At current rates, the salaries of these staff amount to €159,001 per annum. Costs in relation to expenses — travel and subsistence — have amounted to €252 since 29 September 2004. There is a staff of six in my constituency office, one of whom is work-sharing. At current rates, the salaries of these staff amount to...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 323 to 325, inclusive, together. Assignments of responsibility have been made to named officers at assistant secretary and principal officer levels in respect of all of the elements described in section 4(1), paragraphs (d) to (h) of the Public Service Management Act 1997. All of the requirements listed in section 9(1), paragraphs (a) to (f) of the Act have...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (9 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: At the outset, I should explain that, under the Defence Forces pension schemes, the minimum service required for an immediate pension in the case of NCOs and privates is 21 years. The pension for 21 years' service consists of a basic flat rate pension which varies according to rank, an addition in respect of military service allowance, MSA, in the case of qualified personnel discharged since...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (9 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: A runway end safety area, RESA, is defined as "an area symmetrical about the extended runway centreline and adjacent to the end of the strip primarily intended to reduce the risk of damage to an aeroplane undershooting or overshooting the runway". RESAs are contained completely within the airfield boundary and are referred to in International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, annex 14,...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (10 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. Under the Defence Forces pension schemes the minimum service required for an immediate pension in the case of NCOs and privates is 21 years. The pension for 21 years service consists of the following elements: a basic flat rate pension which varies according to rank; an addition in respect of military service allowance, MSA, in the case...

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (10 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The Government on 15 July 1998 approved a programme of evacuation and sale of six barracks considered surplus to military requirements. The barracks in question were located at Ballincollig, Fermoy, Castleblayney, Naas, Kildare and Dublin. The sale of approximately 97 acres at Murphy Barracks, Ballincollig, County Cork, was completed in 2003 for a total of €42 million. The majority of the...

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

Willie O'Dea: In accordance with the criteria set out under the Defence Forces conciliation and arbitration scheme there are regular discussions with the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, on the induction of officers including direct entry officers in the Permanent Defence Force. These discussions are normally undertaken at a sub-committee of the conciliation council. Under the...

Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (22 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The amounts paid by my Department in 2004 in respect of civil and military personnel were of the order of €2.495 million by way of car mileage allowances and €0.741 million for rail and bus ticket expenses.

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (22 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: At present there are two officially recognised ex-Defence Forces personnel organisations, namely, the Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and -Women, or ONE, and Irish United Nations Veterans Association, or IUNVA. Various requests for assistance are received from those organisations regularly. Since those organisations have structures in place to deal with various insurance, legal and...

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (22 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: As my Department has not yet been requested by the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to provide a draft scheme, no costs have been incurred to date in this regard and it is not possible to estimate with any degree of accuracy what future costs may arise.

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (22 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: As I outlined to the House on 26 January 2005, I have received and examined the Jadotville report. The report fully exonerates the actions of A Company. At the time they surrendered, nothing would have been served by fighting on, except further and unnecessary bloodshed. It is clear from the report that the company and its commanding officer acted appropriately given all the circumstances....

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (22 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The information sought by the Deputy is as follows. Coiste an Asgard: there have been ten appointments to the board of Coiste an Asgard in the past three years. None of those appointments is salaried. Civil Defence Board: there have been 17 appointments to the Civil Defence Board in the past three years, three of which were replacement appointments. None of those appointments was salaried....

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: I have no such proposals under consideration. Former members of the Defence Forces are eligible for hospital and medical services, including medical cards, under the Health Acts on the same basis as other members of the community. The provision of such services by the Medical Corps of the Defence Forces would not be feasible within the very limited resources of the Medical Corps.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: The role and functions carried out by my special adviser are in accordance with section 11(2) of the Public Service Management Act 1997. No circulars or instructions have issued in the Department with regard to my special adviser.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (22 Mar 2005)

Willie O'Dea: On 26 July 2004, my predecessor, Deputy Michael Smith, officially launched the reserve Defence Force review implementation plan, which is the start of a process that will radically change the structure and configuration of the reserve, while preserving its traditional strengths. Those include such things as the spirit of voluntary commitment, the maintaining of strong links with local...