Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 January 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet
9:00 am
Mr. Maurice Quinn:
In the first instance, what we do next would be a decision for the Government or the Minister, so I could not speculate on it. What I could observe, having operated the service on behalf of the State, is the flexibility that is available in having that flexibility for the State, whether it is for a Minister's use or an occasion to use it as an air ambulance. It affords the capacity to get off the island and back under one's own steam. This flexibility would factor into any future decision.
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