Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 January 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet
9:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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The informal contact advised that the necessary repairs could be carried out and the aircraft kept for another few years but that it seemed to have had its day. He said an immediate sale would likely be to a parts dealer, which conjures up the thought that the aircraft would be sold for scrap. Mr. Quinn described the aircraft in the Savannah plant, broken down into parts and that image is in my head. The contact also stated the likely sale value would be approximately $1 million, or €750,000, but a decision was made to sell for €416,000. Is that what happened?