Cathal Berry (Kildare South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am referring to subhead A13. I welcome the allocation of €45 million but everybody here knows that most of the facilities across the country were built by the British and they are crumbling. There is a lot of talk of increasing the Defence Vote in October but some people are pushing back on that because they think the money will be spent on warmongering equipment. The reality is it will be spent on people and premises. That is the key point I want to get across. We need a multimillion investment in premises and that is where the vast majority of the increase will go. I welcome this increase but plenty more is required.