Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I must declare I was a junior Minister in this Department for three years and know all the individuals in front of us.

I have five questions. The first few will be handy enough. We will then get into the meaty stuff.

The estimated provision for salaries was €28 million, but I continually hear from people who work there that the Air Accident Investigation Unit, AAIU, and the Coast Guard are understrength and under-resourced. Could the witnesses allay my fears or are there issues in those bodies or elsewhere? How does this €28 million figure correlate with the outturn?