Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Select Committee on Defence and National Security
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised)
2:00 am
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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The Department of Defence is unique in having the dedicated Vote 35 for the superannuation and related payments. Will the Minister of State elaborate on the reasons for that? Has he given consideration to consolidating Votes 35 and 36 to have a cohesive defence budget?