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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)

Noel Rock: That is enough about the aircraft. I have one or two other questions relating to receipts in particular. I do not know if they will be answered by Mr. Quinn. Why were there no receipts from the EU in respect of fisheries protection costs in 2015 and will that be the case going forward?

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)

Noel Rock: Okay. From the same area of the report, the sale of lands and premises realised €1.8 million in 2015 compared with an estimated €2.2 million. How were these assets identified for sale?

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)

Noel Rock: Is there scope for further sales? There seems to quite a landbank, according to the report.

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)

Noel Rock: Which are they?

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)

Noel Rock: Finally, I note there were some write-offs in the report, including a €4 million write-off in respect of an aircraft unfortunately damaged in an incident. What is the background to that?

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)

Noel Rock: It took that time to work through.

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)

Noel Rock: I am very sorry to hear that. Finally, in terms of personal injuries and employment case claims, there were 117 settled. What was the value of these settlements?

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)

Noel Rock: Has there been any work done to compare the experience since the takeover of these claims by the SCA, in terms of cost savings and the efficiency of processing the claims?

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)

Noel Rock: I am glad to hear that. I thank Mr. Quinn for his answers. I really appreciate it.

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)

Noel Rock: I have a few questions following on from what came up in my own questioning and what came up from others. Is 60 hours to 70 hours the correct number for hours that were being flown in the final years of the Gulfstream jet?

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)

Noel Rock: Would the number of hours that were being accrued be sufficient to have an airworthiness certificate or would it have been the case that the plane was being used so sparsely that it would have had to have flown on its own, in effect, in order to reach the number of hours for an airworthiness certificate? That is to say, was it being used to its potential minimum utility as a vehicle?

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)

Noel Rock: So there would have been extra hours to top them up to a minimum point. That would indicate that the jet was not being used a huge amount. I presume that would factor into future thinking too.

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)

Noel Rock: I thank Mr. Quinn for that. I want to take a walk through the figures to give balance to the sensationalist insurance figure that is being presented to the committee with a flourish. Mr. Quinn might walk through them with me if he does not mind. The amount received is €418,000, plus the €53,000 for parts. That in itself comes to €471,000. The immediate maintenance...

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)

Noel Rock: So it would cost €1.8 million if it were to be for sale, perhaps.

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)

Noel Rock: Let us take the Federal Aviation Administration figure of €1.8 million and we will add that to the amount received, so we come to €2.271 million. Then we have the engine repair in 2018 and 2019. The figure given to The Irish Timeswas €2.5 million or thereabouts, so we will add that to the €2.271. We come to €4.771 at this point. If we were to add the...

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)

Noel Rock: I completely agree. That insurance certificate, which was presented to the committee, was designed to generate an unfair headline in terms of financial figures. If one was to take a listed aircraft of the same specification - a newer aircraft from 1994 currently advertised online for example - with new engines, it would still come to below $5 million in sale price. Therefore, we need to be...

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)

Noel Rock: It is good to have balance in these things.

Prohibition of Above-cost Ticket Touting Bill 2017: First Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Noel Rock: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to render it unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale tickets for major sporting, musical or theatrical events for a price in excess of the officially designated price. I propose to share my time with Deputy Stephen Donnelly. I welcome the opportunity to co-propose this Bill to the House alongside Deputy Donnelly who...

Prohibition of Above-cost Ticket Touting Bill 2017: First Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Noel Rock: I move: That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Allowances (7 Feb 2017)

Noel Rock: 98. To ask the Taoiseach the expenses and entitlements of each former Taoiseach since the initiative was introduced in 2001 per annum, in tabular form; the computer and mobile telephone equipment made available to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5955/17]