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

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The jet was taken to Savannah and opened up. It was realised that the repair costs of it were not worth it, given the amount of time it was going to be available to the State, or furthermore, given the cost it would take to actually get it airborne in the US, which were costs of €1.34 million or €1.8 million respectively, as the witness said. The Department was left to make the best of a situation in which the jet was opened up on the floor in Savannah. The Department had to get the best value possible out of those circumstances. Is that an executive summary of events?

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