Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 May 2024
Public Accounts Committee
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces
9:30 am
Ms Jacqui McCrum:
Yes, we will get that for sure. However, there are some positives and small green shoots in naval recruitment. I hope we are turning the tide, if the Deputy will excuse the pun. We have also changed the way we operate. That has been changed in the base in Hawlbowline, County Cork. There have been no patrol days cancelled since they changed that operational posture in August 2023. That is also positive news. We have two new inshore patrol vessels, to which the other Deputy referred - the LÉ Aoibhinn and LÉ Gobnait. One of them is commencing work now. They will be positive. They only require 25 people. You do not have to stay out on them for weeks. They are more family friendly. We are changing the way we operate, and I hope that will have a positive effect as we move forward.
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