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

I thank the Minister. I apologise for being late but I was at the National Missing Persons Day commemorations at Farmleigh House. It was a poignant and moving event. I thank Deputy Farrell for standing in for me. Our practice is to go through each subhead individually as that gives members the opportunity to comment on each subhead.

We will start with Vote 35 - Army Pensions. Subhead A1 - Army Pensions Board, this subhead covers the salary of the secretary of the Army Pensions Board and fees and expenses of the civilian members. There is an additional requirement of €70,000. Do members have questions?

As nobody wishes to comment, I will now deal with Subhead A 2 - Defence Forces (pensions) schemes and payment in respect of transferred service. This subhead provides for the payment of all superannuation-type benefits by way of pension and gratuity to former members of the permanent defence force and their dependants. The subhead also provides for payments in respect of transferred service.