Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2015
346. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked 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]
View answerPrimary 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 call-outs 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.
|
County |
Total |
Viable Devices |
|
Cork |
7 |
2 |
|
Donegal |
3 |
1 |
|
Dublin |
27 |
5 |
|
Galway |
6 |
0 |
|
Kildare |
2 |
1 |
|
Kilkenny |
1 |
0 |
|
Laois |
1 |
0 |
|
Leitrim |
3 |
4 |
|
Limerick |
5 |
3 |
|
Longford |
2 |
1 |
|
Louth |
6 |
1 |
|
Meath |
3 |
0 |
|
Monaghan |
1 |
0 |
|
Offaly |
1 |
1 |
|
Sligo |
1 |
1 |
|
Tipperary |
1 |
0 |
|
Waterford |
2 |
0 |
|
Westmeath |
2 |
1 |
|
Wexford |
5 |
1 |
|
Wicklow |
6 |
0 |
|
Total |
85 |
22 |
