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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: Just one second, please, Deputy. The Minister of State to proceed.

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 is not being cut off.

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 have asked the Minister of State to proceed.

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: So what?

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: We have all been here since 10.30 a.m.

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: We are not-----

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: Will the Minister of State proceed, please?

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: Allow the Minister of State to proceed, please.

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: Deputy, please. Just one second.

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: One second, please.

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 asked anyone who interjected to stop doing so, and each time I asked the Minister of State to proceed.

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.