Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 186: To ask the Minister for Defence the planned military budget for 2011. [12091/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The total gross provision for the Defence Vote (Vote 36) for 2011 is €725.5m. €1.5m in respect of capital supply services was also carried over from 2010 to 2011. The gross provision in the Defence Vote for military expenditure is €694.9m, which provides for pay and allowances and capital and current costs relating to the Defence Forces. The Defence Vote also includes an administrative allocation of €23.2m and provides for funding of €7.4m for other services (Grants-in-Aid, etc).

A full breakdown of the Vote is available in the published Estimates for 2011.