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:
The Casas are flown as part of the maritime patrol and they are flying every day. The PBN Defender is flown as required by an Garda Síochána. The Cessnas are used for training, as are the Pilatus. The challenge in the Air Corps is primarily around having a sufficient supply of pilots. That is the pinch point we have. Rather than having pilots not fully occupied in their hours, we do not have enough pilots.
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