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- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: The recruitment target is the same but it is on a lower base, unfortunately, because of the challenges around recruitment and retention. If we go above the 400, the funding will be there to meet it. There is no issue. If, say, we get 600 in net, the funding will be there to deal with it. We will simply get a Supplementary Estimate on that because we have an establishment figure that is...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: I was not there then.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: It got converted to capital.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: In some cases, it got converted to capital or other expenditures that would have arisen within the year.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: Not really. One could argue that.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: No. As the Deputy can see from all the increases, we have not had an issue on it. That is the point.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: Not particularly. It flows from the earlier point that we now go on the actual strength as opposed to the establishment figure. The finances were based for a long time on the establishment figure. It is like teaching where one gets the demographic dividend automatically. That used be the row with DPER when I was in the Department of education. If pupil numbers went up, one automatically...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: Yes. We are 2,000 out.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: The cap will be the establishment figure. I have made that clear to the Minister for public expenditure.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: Exactly, but as far as I am concerned-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: It does not have to be. As the Deputy said, we are unlikely to get there. I accept the position of the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform reluctantly, in the sense that it was prior to my time, but I get the point that we need to be as realistic as possible in our Estimates, both current and capital. The other side of the coin is that we are full steam ahead on our...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: No, not necessarily. I would not think so. We are proposing-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: I get the point, but the Deputy is talking about marginal numbers - 1,576 in 2021 to 1,550. That is only 26 people.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: Yes, 1,550 from 1,607. I am sorry, as I do not have the 2023 figures with me, but the Deputy is referring to marginal changes. In fact, we will potentially increase our obligation to UNIFIL this year. At the end of the year, we will be coming back from UNDOF, but we will be increasing our UNIFIL presence.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: I can check for the Deputy, but apart from the large missions like UNIFIL and UNDOF, we have a range of smaller overseas deployments. Every now and then, two, three or four people return from those. I have the list with me. We have 329 with UNIFIL, 134 with UNDOF and 11 in UNTSO, which is another mission in the Middle East but is more based in the community. Four personnel are deployed...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: Historically, there has never been any allowance for the battle groups, but as the Deputy correctly said, I have negotiated an improvement in the general allowance situation for those on the battle group. I can get the Deputy the details of that, but it is a first in terms of security duty allowances for those on the battle group in lieuof other opportunities that they might not be able to...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: It is not the same allowance as the overseas allowance. It is a tweaking of existing allowances, but it is a help and a new development. I indicated this when people were returning from UNDOF. We accept that the overseas allowance is a valuable one for many members. On top of gaining experience working overseas, the allowance can be a significant additional assistance to members. When we...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: Approximately 182 personnel,-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: ------comprising a mechanised infantry company of 138, a national support element of 34 persons and staff postings of ten personnel to the force headquarters. The stand-up phase of the battle group in 2025 will take place between 1 January and 31 December 2024, followed by a standby phase from 1 January to 31 December 2025.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) Micheál Martin: I do not have the exact numbers with me, but I have made it clear to the Chief of Staff that this must be fully subscribed to. This is a commitment made by the Government, which the Chief of Staff has clearly stated will be met. We brought-----