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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: It too early to say what the shortfall will be by the end of this year. I reiterate what I said to the Deputy on the ship investment. We will revert to the Deputy if we are seeking a Supplementary Estimate. There will be savings elsewhere and there will not be an extra cost to the Exchequer. If the Supplementary Estimate is required, as we expect, we will come back to the Deputy. We...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Is the Deputy saying there was €4 million less after we received the Supplementary Estimate?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I would love to be able to go to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and say exactly what I want, but there are negotiations involved in trying to obtain what my Department wishes to have. We do not always get what we look for but I can assure the Deputy it is not because of the negotiations between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Defence. ...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Deputy McLoughlin. My predecessor, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, recognised that. It was a nice gesture for this year. I am not sure whether Deputy Chambers got the detailed correspondence I sent to her yesterday specifically on the Army pensions.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: It outlines the position exactly. The Deputy spoke about operational capabilities. We do not scrape anything from funds for operational capability.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I do not want to leave this meeting saying we skimp and save and scrape off capabilities. That is absolutely not the case. Our Defence Forces personnel are given every resource they require for operations they are involved in.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Given the desire to return the number of personnel to 9,500, I cannot say on 1 January of any given year exactly how many personnel will retire between that date and the end of December of that year but we try to estimate the number who will leave or be recruited. We do not say we will keep the number down in any year to make a saving. I do not want that to go out from this meeting. The...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Between 2015 and 2016, some 1,450 people will be taken in. I assure the Deputy that there is no cash shortage in respect of retaining our number at 9,500. That is absolutely not the case. When the brigade structure was changed and with the reorganisation it was a given that there would be a force of 9,500. The resource envelope is available for a force of 9,500.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Relief Eligibility (5 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are allowances available for capital acquisitions tax agricultural relief for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19272/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (5 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 579. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19117/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (5 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the cereal targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19141/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (5 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the 2016 scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector; when the decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19171/16]

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Naval Service Vessels (6 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Senator John O'Mahony for raising this matter. I attended the ceremony held in Galway on Wednesday, 22 June 2016 to mark the decommissioning of LE Aislingfollowing 36 years of outstanding service to the State. The proud record of the ship in operational service with the Naval Service was duly recognised and the range of activities which the ship was involved in was recalled and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Naval Service Vessels (6 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Having been on board older Naval Service vessels such as LE Aisling, and given their size, structure and layout, it is difficult to see them being suitable for use as a visitor attraction. Having such an attraction would also require ongoing measures to safeguard the physical condition of the vessel and prevent it from deteriorating. This would incur additional costs as well as requiring...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) will not receive payment under a scheme; the options available to this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20128/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20129/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are further options to seek a review or appeal of a decision by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20261/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (12 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance if a registered charity set up as a company limited by guarantee that is VAT registered and received funding through the 1916 fund is entitled to apply for a VAT refund on the expenditure of the said funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21252/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Springboard Programme (12 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person in receipt of payment under the invalidity pension scheme is not eligible to apply for a Springboard course; his plans to alter this eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21035/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: VAT Rebates (12 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 468. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her position regarding VAT refunds on the expenditure of moneys received through the 1916 fund; if a registered charity set up as a company limited by guarantee, that is VAT registered, is entitled to apply for a VAT refund on the expenditure of such funds when any such rebate would be re-invested in the same project; and if she...