Defence Forces Reserve.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 April 2010

Thursday, 29 April 2010

Ceisteanna (216, 217)

Ciaran Lynch

Ceist:

217 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence the amount paid in allowances, over and above salary, to Permanent Defence Force personnel employed with the Reserve Defence Force and Slua Muirí for the years 2005 to 2009; the number of personnel in receipt of such allowances; the rate per mile per engine capacity as regards mileage allowances; the amount paid in mileage in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17583/10]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Defence (Deputy Tony Killeen)

Personnel of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) who are employed on administrative and training duties with the Reserve Defence Force (RDF) are paid an allowance to cover all expenses, (including subsistence) other than travelling expenses. The following table shows the total amounts paid for the years in question and the number of personnel who received the allowance.

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Amount paid	€1.662m	€1.612m	€1.707m	€1.787m	€1.389m
Number of recipients*	487	440	447	437	432

(*Includes all personnel who received the allowance at any time during the year.)

Officers of the PDF who hold appointments with the RDF are paid a fixed annual motor car allowance and mileage allowance at the following rates:

Fixed Annual Motor Car Allowance

Effective Date	Engine capacity up to 1200cc	Engine capacity between 1201cc and 1500cc	Engine capacity over 1500cc
	€	€	€
1 January 2003	1,982.61	2,393.98	2,429.10
1 July 2005	1,982.61	2,393.98	2,592.89
1 July 2006	1,982.61	2,425.81	2,630.39
5 March 2009	1,486.96	1,819.36	1,984.24

Mileage Allowance

Mileage rates effective from 1 January 2003
Mileage in a Year	Engine Capacity up to 1200cc	Engine Capacity between 1201cc and 1500cc	Engine Capacity over 1500cc
Up to 4000	34.35 cent	38.06 cent	55.64 cent
4001 and upwards	42.47 cent	48.77 cent	54.30 cent

Mileage rates effective from 1 July 2005

Mileage in a Year	Engine Capacity up to 1200cc	Engine Capacity between 1201cc and 1500cc	Engine Capacity over 1500cc
Up to 4000	34.35 cent	38.06 cent	59.41 cent
4001 and upwards	42.47 cent	48.77 cent	57.39 cent

Mileage rates effective from 1 July 2006

Mileage in a Year	Engine Capacity up to 1200cc	Engine Capacity between 1201cc and 1500cc	Engine Capacity over 1500cc
Up to 4000	34.56 cent	38.80 cent	60.62 cent
4001 and upwards	43.39 cent	49.81 cent	58.97 cent

Mileage rates effective from 1 July 2007

Mileage in a Year	Engine Capacity up to 1200cc	Engine Capacity between 1201cc and 1500cc	Engine Capacity over 1500cc
Up to 4000	34.56 cent	38.80 cent	60.62 cent
4001 and upwards	43.57 cent	49.81 cent	58.97 cent

Mileage rates effective from 1 July 2008

Mileage in a Year	Engine Capacity up to 1200cc	Engine Capacity between 1201cc and 1500cc	Engine Capacity over 1500cc
Up to 4000	34.56 cent	38.80 cent	60.62 cent
4001 and upwards	45.51 cent	50.66 cent	61.05 cent

Mileage rates effective from 5 March 2009

Mileage in a Year	Engine Capacity up to 1200cc	Engine Capacity between 1201cc and 1500cc	Engine Capacity over 1500cc
Up to 4000	25.78 cent	28.95 cent	45.45 cent
4001 and upwards	34.13 cent	38.00 cent	45.79 cent

The amounts paid by way of motor car and mileage allowances for the years in question are:

Year	Amount paid in
	’000
2005	829
2006	639
2007	702
2008	637
2009	423

Ciaran Lynch

Ceist:

218 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence the number of man days allocated for annual training in respect of paid duty for the Reserve; the number of days allocated for promotion courses; the number which refer to seven and 14 day periods; the number of days allocated for special courses, weapons or promotion courses, NCO/officer; the nature of such courses for each year from 2004 to 2009; the take up of paid man days for each category; the number of days allocated and taken up by brigade for security and barrack duty for each year; the rationale for such duties; when the allocation of paid days for 2010 will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17584/10]

Minister for Defence (Deputy Tony Killeen)

The information is currently being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in the near future.