Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance

12:00 pm

Photo of Derek NolanDerek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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I do not intend this to be confrontational. I just want to tease out some of the details. May I go through each of the headings and get an understanding of what they are and the basis behind them? I apologise if Mr. Cooney does not have the parliamentary question before him. It says the estimated cost of living allowance was €2.4 million in 2012 and was paid to 335 people who served abroad. We have fewer than 300 serving abroad now, so it looks like everybody who was serving abroad at the time got it. Does everybody get it?