Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 July 2012
528 Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non-governmental organisations and quangos that receive remuneration from his Department by way of wages, salaries, pensions, grants and other departmental funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31868/12]
View answer529 Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list in tabular form of every quango and non-governmental organisation that received any moneys from his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31879/12]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 528 and 529 together.
The table below sets out details of organisations which are in receipt of funding from my Department. The table includes details of the amount of funding provided in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
|
Year |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
|
AGENCY FUNDING |
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|
Civil Defence Board |
€6.148m |
€6.061m |
€5.585m |
|
Coiste an Asgard |
€830,000 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
COSTS ARISING FROM EU COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY |
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ATHENA Committee (The ATHENA Special Committee is a working body of the EU Council which administers the financing of EU military operations) |
€282,152 |
€208,349 |
€228,473 |
|
EU Satellite Centre |
€89,450 |
€75,780 |
€70,317 |
|
European Defence Agency |
€584,849 |
€315,775 |
€284,047 |
|
GRANTS TO VETERAN ASSOCIATIONS |
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Irish United Nations Veteran Association (IUNVA) |
€10,000 |
€10,000 |
€10,000 |
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Organisation of National ex-servicemen and women (ONE) |
€40,000 |
€40,000 |
€40,000 |
|
MISCELLANEOUS |
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Military History Society of Ireland |
€9,863 |
€5,308 |
€5,578 |
|
Irish Red Cross |
€951,000 |
€951,000 |
€951,000 |
|
DF Canteen Board |
€485,000 |
€485,000 |
€485,000 |
|
Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association (PDFORRA) |
€68,568 |
€68,568 |
€68,568 |
|
Reserve Defence Force Representative Association (RDFRA) |
€52,694 |
€52,694 |
€52,694 |
The Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO) and RDFRA are provided with office accommodation without charge. Personnel are seconded to RACO and PDFORRA on a non-recoupment basis. Currently, there are 2 officers seconded to RACO and 3 enlisted personnel to PDFORRA.
In the context of settling the Estimates for the Department of Defence for 2010, the Government decided that the national sail training scheme operated by Coiste an Asgard would be discontinued as recommended in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure. As a result, no funding was provided in 2010 or 2011.
