Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Minister. That completes consideration of the Revised Estimates for 2016 in respect of Vote 35 - Army Pensions and Vote 36 - Defence. A message to this effect will now be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil. On behalf of the committee, I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, and his officials for attending and for dealing comprehensively with the committee's questions and observations. The committee earlier agreed to invite the Minister of State to attend a joint committee meeting in the autumn to examine the proposed allocations to his Department for 2017. This meeting will be scheduled in advance of the 2017 budget allocations. The committee secretariat will correspond with the Department in this regard with a view to having documentation submitted to the joint committee before the end of July. The select committee is adjourned sine die.