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Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Department of Defence

Departmental Reports

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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812. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13028/14]

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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813. To ask the Minister for Defence when he will publish reports currently in his possession that have not been published to date; if he will provide in tabular form the reports involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13045/14]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 812 and 813 together.

The table below sets out details of reports in my possession which have not been published to date.

ReportReason
January 2013 - Report of the Military Court of Inquiry into the crash of the Pilatus PC-9(M) Aircraft Number 265 on 12 October 2009The findings and recommendations of all Courts of Inquiry are confidential in accordance with Defence Forces Regulations. As Minister for Defence I have discretion to direct that the Report of the Court of Inquiry be made available to interested parties, and in this instance I have provided the families with a copy of the Report of the Court of Inquiry.
June 2013 - Report of the Working Group regarding Litigation arising from Malaria Chemoprophylaxis in the Defence Forces – June 2013This report was produced in the context of current and potential litigation and is therefore legally privileged
Reports on Emergency PlanningSince the establishment of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning in 2001, the Office of Emergency Planning has prepared confidential Annual Reports on Emergency Planning for the Minister for Defence to report to Government on matters discussed and progressed during the year by the Government Task Force. These reports are confidential to Government and are not published as they contain high-level emergency planning, security and threat analysis issues addressed by the Government Task Force.In my role as Chair of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning, I regularly receive both written and verbal reports on emergency planning and related matters through the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning. By their nature, the deliberations of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning are confidential and not published as they contain high-level emergency planning, security and threat analysis issues addressed by the Government Task Force.

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