Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That will be a matter for the Dáil and, as an elected Member of this House, the Deputy has an opportunity to vote on the annual budget for the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces. That is where the money comes from - it is State funding and we have committed to increasing defence spending, in both the programme for Government and the White Paper.

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