Results 3,161-3,180 of 4,350 for speaker:Bobby Aylward
- 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) Bobby Aylward: Does Mr. Quinn have any estimates? Did anyone look at that, as a commercial proposition, on behalf of the taxpayers of this country? Did anyone say: "We should have done that and we could have made money on 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) Bobby Aylward: Okay, but it still does not seem sound. If I were a commercial manager in business, it would not sound right to me. It sounds like just getting rid of it and moving on. It was not value for money. I wish to ask a question about obsolete stock and the reduced weight by €2 million to €4.9 million. What is obsolete stock? Is Mr. Quinn talking about armour, uniforms,...
- 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) Bobby Aylward: Are they sold off or destroyed?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: What does it cost to keep up the stock - for example, to buy armour, rifles, ammunition, uniforms, boots and socks - each year? What does it cost annually to maintain stock?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: Per annum?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: For comparison, what percentage of that would be written off as obsolete every year?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: The question I am asking is about going from €8.2 million to €4.9 million, which is a big discrepancy, in one year. Why was there such a big discrepancy?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: Would that be an average 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) Bobby Aylward: Was it a one-off?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: Is most of the Defence Forces' property barracks, or is there land also? I am a farmer so when I use the term "land", I mean do the Defence Forces have acreage or is it all buildings, including barracks?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: Is this land?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: What kind of acreage are we talking about?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: Hectares.
- 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) Bobby Aylward: Clonmel Barracks, which was sold off, was mentioned. Nearly every town had a barracks at one time. There were barracks all over the country. Have all the older ones been closed down? If so, have they been sold off or do the Defence Forces still have them?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: Is that in use?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: And the land?
- 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) Bobby Aylward: I would like to have that for a farm.
- 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) Bobby Aylward: I understand that. I am asking about this in light of our housing situation. If unused land or property could be used to combat the crisis we are experiencing, would Mr. Quinn be willing to look at 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) Bobby Aylward: Yes, especially in towns where it would be value to local authorities, or whoever, to build on it. As regards retirement, one can get a pension after 20 years' service. As a result of the fact that people are living and working longer, is Mr. Quinn going to examine the position in that regard? Does he agree with the 20 years' service after which anyone can retire or will it be moved out...
- 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) Bobby Aylward: I understand the reason for that.