Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would love to be able to go to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and say exactly what I want, but there are negotiations involved in trying to obtain what my Department wishes to have. We do not always get what we look for but I can assure the Deputy it is not because of the negotiations between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Defence.

What I have said to the Deputy is that I hope we will be in a position, over the coming short period, to adequately give the exact sum required for Army pensions. One will not be able to give the exact figure but the Supplementary Estimate required will not be as big as it has been for previous years.