Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 July 2011
564 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the expenditure on the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, in 2010; the expenditure on RDF cadre pay and employers’ PRSI (subhead B) costs for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22515/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe cost of the Reserve Defence Force, similar to other elements of the Defence Forces, is spread across a range of subheads. Subhead D of the Defence Vote is entirely devoted to Reserve expenditure. It includes payments for Reserve Defence Force (RDF), training, gratuities, and allowances and also includes grants paid into unit funds. Subheads B, C and P include, inter alia, pay and travel costs of Permanent Defence Force Personnel who provide training and administrative support to the RDF (known as the Cadre). Subhead R contains costs for rental of property used by the RDF.
A range of costs, other than those outlined above, are spread across other subheads of the Defence Vote. These costs, which include Petrol, Transport, Rations etc, are not currently disaggregated for the RDF.
The following table shows the key costs relating to the RDF for 2010.
|
Subhead |
2010 € |
|
B — PDF Cadre Pay and Employers PRSI |
16,594,000* |
|
C — Allowances paid to PDF Cadre |
1,304,247 |
|
D — Reserve Defence Force Pay, allowances etc. |
4,014,369. |
|
P — Car Allowance and Car Mileage paid to PDF Cadre |
376,645 |
|
R — Rent of RDF Property |
157,835 |
*Estimated
