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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: I cannot answer for others, as the Deputy knows.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: I am asking the Minister of State to proceed, without interruption.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: The Minister of State might provide us with a document or communication outlining the service commitments that apply when a person joins the Defence Forces. Would that be acceptable to the Deputy?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: Did Deputy Barrett want to contribute on the same subject?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: The Minister of State mentioned the Dormant Accounts Fund. What role does the Department have in that?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: I thought the Dormant Accounts Fund was used for voluntary agencies and community groups rather than statutory Departments.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: I know that but it is a statutory body.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: I know the Dormant Accounts Fund does not fall within the remit of the Department of Defence, but I thought it would be used to fund what we regard as traditional voluntary groups.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: I thought the fund would be used for traditional parish, community and voluntary organisations that are not overseen by statutory agencies.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: Members would all agree that the Civil Defence does excellent work in every parish in the country.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: Please allow the Minister of State to conclude. The Deputy Chambers may come back in afterwards.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: The Minister of State might write to the committee to clarify what "net surrender" means. The Minister of State accused me of making a misleading statement to a radio station. I was quoting a reply to a question on March 2019, as Deputy Chambers said. The reply stated that there was €29.4 million in savings under Vote 36. The net surrender for 2018 was €17 million. We have...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: I quoted the Minister of State's parliamentary question reply.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: The Minister of State will withdraw that I tried to distort anything. I referred to the pay budget, which is Vote 36.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: Do not accuse me of distorting figures. I am not going to accept that.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: I am winding up the meeting. I quoted the Minister of State's parliamentary question reply. I will not stand for being accused of distorting figures, which I never do. This concludes consideration of the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 35.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Message to Dáil (28 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence, has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2019: Vote 35 — Army Pensions. Under Standing Order 89(2), the message is deemed to be the report of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (27 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: 68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the beef market task force will meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49064/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (27 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: 73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has implemented following the Irish beef sector agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49065/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (27 Nov 2019)

Brendan Smith: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the concerns of pharmacists as outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49333/19]