Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of funding allocated to the Civil Defence in the national budget in the past five years, in tabular form. [54986/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The amount of funding allocated to the Civil Defence in the national budget in the past five years is as follows:

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the ratio of funding for the Civil Defence which comes from the national budget. [54987/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Civil Defence training and operations are funded by a combination of a central grant from the Department of Defence and a contribution from the relevant local authority on a 70/30 basis. The annual operational grant from the Department of Defence covers 70% of the running costs of Civil Defence each year, up to a set grant limit, and the Local Authority provides the remaining 30%. It is at the discretion of the Local Authority to provide additional funding over and above the required 30%.

Grants are also issued to the Local Authorities on application, from time to time, towards the purchase of vehicles and equipment.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the guidelines in place to ensure that Civil Defence vehicles are maintained; and the person or body responsible for ensuring said maintenance is carried out. [54988/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Civil Defence vehicles are based within the local authorities throughout the country.  These vehicles are operated under the control of the Civil Defence Officer who is an employee of the local authority. The Civil Defence Branch of the Department of Defence periodically gives guidance to Civil Defence Officers on best practice in this area.

Under the Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness Test (CVRT) regulations local authorities are legally required to have a vehicle management system in place.  In addition, vehicles are subject to mandatory testing such as CVRT and NCT tests depending on the type of vehicle.

In addition to the above, a small number of vehicles are operated by the Civil Defence Branch of the Department of Defence. The Civil Defence Branch Technical Officer oversees the maintenance of these vehicles to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel within the Civil Defence in each of the past five years, by unit, in tabular form. [54989/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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There is a Civil Defence Unit in each local authority area. The number of active personnel in each Unit over the past five years is set out in the following table.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding allocated in the past five years for purchasing new equipment for the Civil Defence, by unit, in tabular form. [54990/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Grant funding for equipment for Civil Defence is issued to the Local Authorities on application, from time to time.  The funding allocated by my Department in the past five years for purchasing equipment is outlined in the following table.  Each local authority is also issued with an annual operational grant and this funding may be used at local level for the purchase of equipment.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vehicles in the Civil Defence in the past five years, by unit, in tabular form. [54991/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The number of Civil Defence road vehicles per unit for the past five years is outlined in the following table.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the budget allocated to each unit of the Civil Defence in the past six years, in tabular form. [54992/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The budget allocated by my Department to each unit of the Civil Defence in the past six years is outlined in the following table.  Local authorities are also allocated grant funding for equipment from time to time, on application.