Catherine Callaghan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome and thank the witnesses. I also acknowledge the continued investment that is going toward our Defence Forces. It is very welcome and long awaited. I like to see it is being very well invested by the Defence Forces and Air Corps. It is a particular honour for me as a former serving member of the Air Corps to see some familiar faces on the opposite side of the room today. My colleagues will probably focus on matters of air traffic control, and rightly so, but I will focus initially on recruitment and technical staff and the Air Corps maintenance programme.

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