Written answers

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Department of Defence

Defence Forces Operations

Photo of Seán Ó FearghaílSeán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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346. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form by county, a break-down of the number of suspect devices that the Army disposal unit has dealt with in 2015 to date. [29880/15]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Primary responsibility for the maintenance of law and order rests with An Garda Síochána. The Defence Forces, pursuant to their role of rendering Aid to the Civil Power, assist An Garda Síochána when requested to do so.

The Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams respond when a request for assistance is made by An Garda Síochána in dealing with a suspect device. Following post operation analysis these callouts are then categorised and this would include viable devices, hoaxes, false alarms, post-blast analysis and the removal of unstable chemicals in laboratories.

The numbers of EOD call outs and the numbers of viable devices dealt with up to 14 July 2015, by county, are set out in the tabular statement.

CountyTotalViable Devices
Cork72
Donegal31
Dublin275
Galway60
Kildare21
Kilkenny10
Laois10
Leitrim34
Limerick53
Longford21
Louth61
Meath30
Monaghan10
Offaly11
Sligo11
Tipperary10
Waterford20
Westmeath21
Wexford51
Wicklow60
Total8522

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