David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We look forward to it. We visited the naval stores and the Air Corps and we were impressed with what we saw.

There is a slight reduction in the next subhead, A.12, barrack expenses and engineering equipment. I think we have dealt with that.

There is an increase in subhead A.13 for new building works and maintenance of existing works. We note there is a good deal of work taking place in various barracks including gym refurbishment in Cathal Brugha Barracks, re-roofing in Magee Barracks and so on. The archives are important also.

Subhead A.14 on ordnance, clothing and catering and so on is worthwhile, and I thank the Minister for the interesting detail given in the commentary. Subhead A.15 is communication and information technology. There is a slight decrease in that but it is not a huge amount. Subhead A.16 is military training. There is a slight decrease on last year's Estimate.

Subhead A.17 is travel and freight increases. There is a large increase on the 2013 Estimate. Does the foreign travel element have to do with Lebanon?