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- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
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Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Seán Fleming: Is that note subject to Cabinet confidentiality?
- 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) Seán Fleming: Would Mr. Quinn check it out? If it is not, it would be good to circulate it here to see Mr. Quinn's rationale as to why he arrived at that decision. I refer to chapter 8, paragraphs 12 and 13, which trouble me a little bit. Mr. Quinn spoke about having spare equipment in stock for all contingencies and how it is the job of the Army to always be vigilant, plan ahead and plan for...
- 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) Seán Fleming: In any terms.
- 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) Seán Fleming: I am not narrowing your options. Do you have a plan in place if something happened to the Learjet tomorrow and it was permanently or temporarily out of commission? Surely you have a contingency.
- 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) Seán Fleming: You have prepared something.
- 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) Seán Fleming: That is not what I asked. Let us say it is parked on a runway in any airport tomorrow and some other vehicle hits it, causing damage, and it is out of commission for a day, a week, a month or six months. What is in place today to deal with that eventuality? Surely the Department has some options as things can happen. There was a problem with the first jet and there was no contingency...
- 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) Seán Fleming: I am not asking you to have a procurement plan in place. Obviously you can lease aircraft, as has been mentioned here, for a day, a month, three months or six months. Surely somewhere on your desk you have what could be done if you were told the jet was hit by something it in London or wherever and that it was going to be out of action for six months. It is the job of the Defence Forces to...
- 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) Seán Fleming: That is a one off to get the person home, but let us say it is out of service for three months, six months or indeterminately. If there is an accident or if something hits it, the Secretary General is telling me we are here today again without a plan. I can understand it happening to the jet once, but the Secretary General is saying the Department is equally unprepared if it were to 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) Seán Fleming: When did that committee last meet?
- 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) Seán Fleming: When did that procurement process commence?
- 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) Seán Fleming: Yes.
- 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) Seán Fleming: The Department will have those tenders shortly and will be able to assess them in the coming weeks. You might send the committee an update in a couple of weeks, without disclosing any commercially sensitive information in respect of the tenders, as to what are the options. We do not know what you put to tender. I ask the Secretary General, when it is appropriate and after the Department...
- 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) Seán Fleming: We are not looking for the decision. I am just happy to know that the Department has a plan in place, though not a final decision because that will depend on the actual eventuality. I apologise for labouring this point but I would have thought there would be something in place at this stage. How many aircraft do the Defence Forces have at present?
- 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) Seán Fleming: That is 14 at the moment.
- 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) Seán Fleming: The Learjet. Then there is one in procurement.
- 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) Seán Fleming: Is that the one that used to do cash in transit?
- 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) Seán Fleming: It did, but you have said that that process has stopped.
- 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) Seán Fleming: That is fine. It is important the Garda has 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) Seán Fleming: What is the number of helicopters?
- 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) Seán Fleming: That is good. So how many are there in total including the helicopters?