Written answers
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Defence Forces Operations
9:00 pm
Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 433: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times the Army bomb disposal experts were called out during 2011; if he will relate the incidents on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37330/11]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The number of times that Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams from the Defence Forces have been called out to date in 2011 is set out, on a county basis, in the tabular statement. EOD teams are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, throughout the country to deal with specific requests made by An Garda Síochána to the relevant Defence Forces Brigade for assistance in dealing with a suspect device. Of the total of 224 call outs nationally to date this year, 52 were found to be viable Improvised Explosive Devices.
County | Number of Callouts |
Carlow | 2 |
Cavan | 1 |
Clare | 4 |
Cork | 10 |
Donegal | 4 |
Dublin | 127 |
Galway | 4 |
Kerry | 1 |
Kildare | 9 |
Kilkenny | 3 |
Laois | 0 |
Leitrim | 1 |
Limerick | 8 |
Longford | 3 |
Louth | 7 |
Mayo | 1 |
Meath | 10 |
Monaghan | 1 |
Offaly | 0 |
Roscommon | 0 |
Sligo | 0 |
Tipperary | 4 |
Waterford | 6 |
Westmeath | 5 |
Wexford | 3 |
Wicklow | 10 |
TOTAL | 224 |
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