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
Mr. Maurice Quinn:
Once it is surplus to our requirements, it is an overhead and I want to keep the focus on the day job of defence. We would, therefore, always put it into the public system. Many of our properties would not be in fantastic locations but we would certainly put them into the public system immediately.