Results 1,461-1,480 of 7,126 for speaker:Alan Farrell
- 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 Farrell: I can give Mr. Quinn an example. I lived in Balbriggan for a number of years and it is close to Gormanston. Balbriggan is an enlarging community and over the next generation it is likely to expand beyond the boundary of Dublin and encroach in the direction of Gormanston, so at that point it will become unlikely that the Defence Forces will continue to use it for its current purposes. 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) Alan Farrell: Deputy Cassells mentioned the issue of breakdowns and Mr. Quinn quite rightly responded by mentioning how proud he is of the service provided through the ministerial air transport service, MATS, as he should be. However, was there a higher than normal or expected rate of breakdown for this aircraft historically?
- 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 Farrell: I understand. It would be, given the service it is providing. Can Mr. Quinn provide the total number of flying hours for that aircraft since its purchase? Was it purchased new?
- 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 Farrell: Can he provide the hours for the total use of the aircraft over its service with the Defence Forces? Obviously, I wish to compare the total cost and flight hours. I am not sure about aviation, but does it retain approximate distance or nautical miles travelled?
- 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 Farrell: I am sure there is a figure for cost per mile over its lifespan. It is probably not appropriate but it is easy to garner that figure.
- 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 Farrell: That would be very helpful.
- 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 Farrell: I accept the responses of the Defence Forces to the points the Comptroller and Auditor General made on the disposal of this asset. I have a serious problem regarding the parts. It is a fraction of a fraction of the total cost. I understand the parts going with the aircraft which was sold for parts, and thus one disposes of the parts. However, the total cost versus the estimated value...
- 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 Farrell: Yes. I will take it on trust because I do not know what these parts are worth. The estimate was €405,000 in 2014 and they were sold for €53,000, as well documented in both the Comptroller and Auditor General's report and the Secretary General's response. Is there a market for the items that were unused, that is, still in the packaging? Is Mr. Quinn aware of the total number...
- 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 Farrell: It makes easy headlines.
- 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 Farrell: I understand. I have two further questions. It is easy to ask this question but, retrospectively, is there regret in the Defence Forces about the Gulfstream IV inventory items they had in stock, which potentially had a value greater than the €53,000 or whatever proportion of the €53,000 that might have been attributable to them, and whether the Defence Forces should have, in...
- 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 Farrell: I see. My final question is on the storage costs, or potential storage costs, in Savannah, Georgia. Does Mr. Quinn have any idea, or could he estimate, the storage costs for the aircraft in the condition it was in, which he outlined quite clearly and illustrated earlier in response to Deputy Kelly's questions? The aircraft was in pieces on the floor, of a hangar presumably, in Savannah,...
- 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 Farrell: I apologise, perhaps I should have been more specific. I am speaking about when the Department instructed Gulfstream to stop-----
- 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 Farrell: -----on the basis it was going to exceed costs, even though it had sent over personnel who had done a very good deal, which is what Mr. Quinn effectively said earlier. My question is that at the point at which the Department instructed Gulfstream to stop work on the aircraft, clearly Gulfstream told the Department it needed to take the aircraft out of its warehouse or hangar.
- 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 Farrell: There had to have been a cost attributable to the aircraft being stored for the Defence Forces. Can Mr. Quinn put a figure on this? Was it discussed? Were any other options considered in terms of getting the aircraft back to Irish airspace or Baldonnel? Was how to do this considered given the aircraft was not in a flying condition?
- 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 Farrell: Okay.
- 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 Farrell: I appreciate 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) Alan Farrell: To get the aircraft off the ground in Savannah and get it back would have cost €1.34 million.
- 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 Farrell: And two years later the State was going to have to fork out approximately €2 million in rent, maintenance and upgrades.
- 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 Farrell: What is the expenditure limit on the maintenance of the Learjet 45?
- 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 Farrell: What age is that aircraft and what is the life expectancy of such aircraft in the care of a military organisation?