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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The €3.9 million cost of claims is a cost to the Defence Forces. Most people have insurance cover for accidents and so forth. Could that type of insurance not be used to cover claims, rather than having the Defence Forces pay for them from its funding?