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 Aileen Nolan:
I want to clarify what I said earlier. We have eight helicopters, but two of them are training helicopters and four of them are operational helicopters. I got the statistics on the serviceability issue for which the Deputy asked. In 2023, the serviceability of the fleet of six was 44%. In 2024, it is 46%. On average, two of the six are available at any one time. Of those two, generally, one is dedicated to the emergency aeromedical service, EAS. Is that okay? I wanted to clarify that.
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