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
Ms Jacqui McCrum:
We have two significant plans in place. One is the equipment development plan and the other is the infrastructure plan, and they would be the biggest expenditures. A strategic view is taken. That is a joint civil-military view. It is very much a joint civil-military view that is taken as to how to profile that out and where projects should sit within that. That is then worked through a governance structure, which is the high-level planning and procurement group, HLPPG. That is chaired on a rotation basis between both military and-----