Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 337: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 30 May 2000, if the Dublin Airport Authority is being retained on an annual fee basis to advise his Department in relation to planning applications for development works in the vicinity of Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel which might affect the use of the aerodrome; the moneys paid by his Department to the DAA in respect of such duties for each year since 1975 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19611/09]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The Dublin Airport authority was established in October 2004 following the enactment of the State Airports Act. My Department does not, nor has it ever retained the Dublin Airport Authority on any fee basis to advise my Department on planning applications in the vicinity of Casement Aerodrome.

The predecessor to the DAA, Aer Rianta Teo, did provide support to my Department in the period 1975 to 2000. The annual fees in respect of this support were as follows: 1975 to 1983 - £400 per annum 1984 to 1992 - £1,600 per annum 1993 to 1997 - £2,500 per annum 1998 to July 2000 - £3,500 per annum

Since July 2000, my Department has used other suppliers who have been retained under contract for the provision of such advice on an "as required" basis.