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
Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Okay, but it still does not seem sound. If I were a commercial manager in business, it would not sound right to me. It sounds like just getting rid of it and moving on. It was not value for money.
I wish to ask a question about obsolete stock and the reduced weight by €2 million to €4.9 million. What is obsolete stock? Is Mr. Quinn talking about armour, uniforms, vehicles or ammunition? What was written off involving that kind of money?