asked the Minister for Defence if he will give the following information in respect of each prototype, and each production model of the Timoney APC acquired by his Department, with details of its manufacturers/ serial number, registration number or other distinguishing features: (a) delivery date of each vehicle, (b) the mileage of each vehicle from date of delivery to date, (c) the number of hours of tests carried out by the military authorities on each of the vehicles, (d) the present condition of each vehicle, if it is operational, or under repair, (e) the cost of each vehicle, (f) the details of each occasion the vehicles have been demonstrated, loaned or exported abroad, and (g) the total cost of the programme to date, including development costs.
Written Answers. - Timoney APCs.
The information sought, in so far as it is available, is set out in the attached tabular statement.
In regard to the contract for the supply of five Timoney armoured personnel carriers, it would be contrary to established practice to disclose the contract prices of the vehicles or the total cost of the contract.
The following is the statement:
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Vehicle Reference and Registration |
Delivery Date |
Mileage or Kilometres on each vehicle |
No. of hours of test carried out |
Present condition of each vehicle |
Cost of each vehicle |
Demonstrations, or loans abroad |
Total Cost including development Costs |
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Prototype 1 No Registration number |
October 1973 |
7,000 miles up to being taken out of Service in 1974 |
This information is not available |
Out of service 1974; used as source of spares for Nos. 2 and 3 prototypes |
Not available —merged in total cost of prototype project |
None |
The total amount paid for the three prototypes was £180,000 |
|
Prototype 2 8796 ZD |
April 1974 |
12,200 miles approx. up to being taken out of service in 1977 |
” |
Out of service 1977; used as source of spares for No. 3 prototype. |
” |
None |
— |
|
Prototype 3 6723 ZU |
July 1974 |
12,537 miles to-date |
” |
Satisfactory |
” |
Made available on loan to Adtec Teoranta, Baile Ghib, for demonstration in Belgium—22 to 25 June, 1976 |
— |
|
Production APC364 KZE |
14 June 1979 |
4,073 kilometres up to mid-April 1980 |
” |
As the contract for these vehicles has not yet been completed, |
— |
None |
As these five vehicles were ordered on foot of a Contract, it would be contrary |
|
Production APC 365 KZE |
14 June 1979 |
3,667 kilometres up to mid-April 1980 |
” |
it would be contrary to established practice to give the |
— |
None |
to established practice to disclose the Contract prices of the vehicles or the |
|
Production APC 366 KZE |
5 November 1979 |
2,804 kilometres up to mid-April 1980 |
” |
information sought |
— |
None |
total cost of the Contract |
|
Production APC 368 KZE |
5 November 1979 |
1,966 kilometres up to mid-April 1980 |
” |
— |
None |
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Production APC |
Certificate |
2,912 kilo- |
” |
— |
None |
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367 KZE |
of acceptance |
metres up to |
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not yet |
mid-April 1980 |
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issued |