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 Verona MurphyVerona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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I do not know that, as a country, we can work our Defence Forces off speculation. It is the one issue on which I would hope we would have certainty, particularly given what the Department is tasked with. If it is speculative, can Ms McCrum tell me what figures we require and what figures we have currently? We will probably be able to make up our minds as to whether we will have €250 million worth of equipment sitting on the pier or floating on the waters, probably helping us combat crime, drugs and other issues.