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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: What does a person do for the allowance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Is it fair to say there are members of the Permanent Defence Force based in counties Cork and Kerry and other places not within 200 miles of the Border who are receiving the Border duty allowance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is true?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: I would have thought it would be integrated with other payments over time, but that did not happen.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: It was the case that non-commissioned officers could retire on pension after 20 years service, irrespective of age. Is that still the case? If so, are changes to length of service being considered such as setting a minimum age of retirement? Generally, in regard to the pension scheme, is there indexation in the context of how the scheme is operated versus the schemes for defence force...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Are changes to length of service being considered?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is understandable.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Has it been benchmarked against requirements in other European countries?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Both.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: In benchmarking the age requirements.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Therefore, the issue is being considered.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank Mr. Quinn.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a new device known as the freestyle libre flash glucose monitoring system for diabetics which replaces the painful testing with lancets, test strips and blood is not available on the long-term illness scheme; and if there are plans to include this on the scheme [3547/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: I apologise for my absence earlier on but multiple things were going on. Several of members present also serve on the Committee on the Future of Healthcare, which is a separate committee setting up a strategy for ten years. We had a submission from the chief executive officer of the Mid-west hospitals group, Ms Colette Cowan, who is dealing with one of the biggest emergency problems in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: We are chasing our tail.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: To clarify, Mr. Doran asked for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Does it exist?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Doran has never seen it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Has anyone seen it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Alan Kelly: Perhaps the HSE can ask for a copy of it. It would be a good exercise. Can that be recorded in the minutes please?