Written answers

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Department of Defence

Departmental Expenditure

9:00 pm

Photo of James BannonJames Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 67: To ask the Minister for Defence the funding scheduled to be provided for the riot control teams of the Defence Forces in 2009; if any revision of the budget in this area is intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9860/09]

Photo of Willie O'DeaWillie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The primary responsibility for the maintenance and restoration of the public peace rests with An Garda Siochána. Among the assigned roles to the Defence Forces in the White Paper on Defence is to aid the civil power (meaning in practice to assist, when requested, An Garda Siochána).

The Defence Forces Annual Training Plan provides for training in a broad spectrum of activities, including riot control and the policing of demonstrations in the Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP) role. Funding for this training forms part of the overall funding for training which in turn is part of the Defence Vote.

In the light of current economic circumstances the allocation of all funding is subject to review.

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