Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary)

2:30 pm

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The reason we are here is that personnel are leaving in significant numbers and accessing pensions and we need to bring others in to replace them. There is a gap between the two and there are funding issues in terms of management.