Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 March 2018
Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Army Pensions (Revised)
2:00 pm
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I will come back to the committee on the matter. On accommodation in each of the barracks, there is provision in the capital plan for €23 million in 2018 for investment in built infrastructure and for €855,000 for furniture, bedding, utensils and so on. I take the Deputy's point and I agree that throughout the years of the recession there was little investment in accommodation. I am now ensuring that there is investment in accommodation for members of the Defence Forces.
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