Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 646: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department for whom two or more phone lines have been provided at their home; the number of lines provided in each case; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13044/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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No member of staff in my Department has two or more phone lines provided at their home.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 647: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money paid to the training officers in his Department in respect of travel and subsistence allowances; the number of training days organised; and if the relocation of CMOD to Tullamore has had an impact on the work of training officers or on the work of those who attend courses there. [13059/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The amount of money paid in travel and subsistence to trainers in my Department in 2006 was €19,363. A total of 843 training days were organised for the same period. The Training Officer attends meetings of the Training Officer Network every quarter and to date these have alternated between Dublin and Tullamore. The relocation of CMOD has not had any other significant impact on the work of training staff. Since January 2006 staff of the Department have attended 37 training courses in the Civil Service Training and Development Centre, 31 in Dublin and 6 in Tullamore.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 648: To ask the Minister for Defence the average amount of travel and subsistence allowances paid by his Department in respect of attendance at pre-retirement planning courses prior to the relocation of the Civil Service training centre to Tullamore; the average amount paid in respect of attendance at the same course since the centre was relocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13089/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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When the Civil Service Training Centre was based in Dublin, only staff based outside of Dublin were eligible for travel and subsistence expenses in respect of attendance at courses at the Centre. In the period from 1 January 2005 up to the re-location of the Centre to Tullamore in July, 2006 only one member of my Department's staff based outside Dublin attended a pre-retirement course in Dublin. The travel and subsistence cost was €400.65. The average cost of travel and subsistence paid to 4 members of staff (3 based in Galway and 1 based in Dublin) since the relocation is €422.12.