James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 575: To ask the Minister for Defence the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year such payments commenced; the amount paid to each recipient in the current year; to place in the Oireachtas Library the latest two sets of accounts for these payments furnished by such persons or bodies to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39676/10]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The following organisations are in receipt of annual grants and subventions from the Department of Defence:

In addition to the grant funding, the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO) and RDFRA are provided with office accommodation without charge. Personnel are seconded to RACO and PDFORRA on a non-recoupment basis. Currently, there are 2 officers seconded to RACO and 3 enlisted personnel to PDFORRA.

The accounts for the Defence Forces Canteen Board are laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. A condition of the grants/subventions to RACO, PDFORRA, ONE and IUNVA is the annual submission of audited accounts to the Department. Publication of these accounts is a matter for each organisation. In addition, the Department makes a grant in aid to the Irish Red Cross Society. The Civil Defence Board and the Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces are also provided for from the vote of the Department of Defence.