Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 May 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces

9:30 am

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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They would not have had time to do it in an emergency situation like that.

I will turn to the issue of the number of people leaving. One of the issues that comes up time and again is the EU working time directive, with which Ms McCrum will be familiar. Are the Defence Forces keeping a record of the hours worked by soldiers and other personnel?