Mr. Maurice Quinn:

There are different means, so it depends. If one is selling weapons, one has to go back. If it is a State sale, one can sell weapons, otherwise one has to go back to the original equipment manufacturer. The bulk of ours go to Hammond Lane to be cut down. We are reluctant to sell clothing, much of which will be used as rags. There are different ways of moving obsolete stock. One of the challenges we have in the military world is that because we operate in a contingent capacity, there will always be something on the inventory that is never used, but it has to be there if required. Therefore, the challenge is always to get the right stock policy statements and levels, so that everything the Defence Forces need for whatever reason is available to them. However, one does not have too much or too little.