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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)

Bobby Aylward: Are people allowed to remain in the Army after 20 years' service or is retirement compulsory after 20 years?

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.

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: Certain categories of personnel can stay on?

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 €3.9 million cost of claims is a cost to the Defence Forces. Most people have insurance cover for accidents and so forth. Could that type of insurance not be used to cover claims, rather than having the Defence Forces pay for them from its funding?

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: Could the Defence Forces not get an insurance company to insure them against all accidents in 2017? The Defence Forces would then pay a premium, as we all do, and have the insurance company pay for 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)

Bobby Aylward: When Defence Forces personnel are deployed to the Mediterranean or on United Nations missions, are the Defence Forces costs refunded by the relevant body, for example, the European Union? Can we claim back the costs we incur or do the Defence Forces and taxpayers bear 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: Do those moneys cover all costs?

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 have read a few times that millions have been owed and we have been unable to get the money back. Is that still the case?

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 about fishing patrol costs and so forth? Are they our own costs? The Naval Service has been deployed to the Mediterranean. Do we receive moneys from the EU for this deployment?

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: Did the Comptroller and Auditor General have the information?

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 information purposes, I seek information on recruitment to the Naval Service and the Army expressed as a percentage and in numbers. Can personnel in the Naval Service or the Army transfer from one to the other?

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 have a reason for asking this. I am trying to get one person transferred but I cannot. The person has asked to be transferred but it is not being done.

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: Between Naval Service and Army personnel, what are the percentages and the absolute numbers? What way do they add up?

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 scrapped?

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 the scrap sold off?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Jan 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if the mobile catheterisation laboratory announced for Waterford University Hospital will be made available exclusively for the use of this hospital; if it will be primarily utilised for reducing waiting lists or conducting emergency procedures; if it will be available to the communities of the south east on a 24-7 basis; the number of persons for whom it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (26 Jan 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions that are being made for the protection of areas designated as areas of natural constraint in County Kilkenny in the forthcoming review of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3660/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (26 Jan 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outgoing payments made under the areas of natural constraint scheme will be increased by €25 million in line with the previous commitment given by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3661/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Reports (26 Jan 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the results of the review of the Tower Road-Piltown Junction on the N24 conducted by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) will be published; when funding will be provided to TII in order to commence works on the safety measures recommended in the review results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3667/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (25 Jan 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the use of biomass at Ireland's peat burning power stations, Edenderry, Loughree, and west Offaly; the percentage of biomass used in co-firing at the three peat power stations; the tonnage and percentage of biomass supplied from Bord na Móna willow plantations, Coillte Teoranta and a company (details...