Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 14 March 2012, the way he can justify his statement that rent being paid by his Department is commercially sensitive when every other Minister is able to give an account of the rents they pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16035/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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As I indicated in my response to the Deputy's question on 14th March details regarding the specific rents paid in respect of each premises rented by my Department for use by the Reserve Defence Force (RDF) is commercially sensitive and I cannot therefore provide this information. However, what I can advise the Deputy is that for use by the RDF, the Department has 10 permanent rentals and 30 part time rentals in place including part time use of parish and community halls as well as some commercial premises. The amounts of rent paid in 2011 ranged from approx €60 to approx €13,300 per rental for the year.

The total annual cost is less than €100,000 for all forty premises.