Written answers
Thursday, 28 June 2018
Department of Defence
Defence Forces Funding
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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92. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the budget in the past five years in Vote 35 Army Pensions and Vote 36 Defence. [28428/18]
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Details of the original gross budget allocations for Vote 35 Army Pensions and Vote 36 Defence for the past five years (2013-2017) are outlined in the table.
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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Vote 35 Army Pensions | €214.8m | €221.0m | €221.0m | €223.7m | €229.6m |
Vote 36 Defence | €681.3m | €677.8m | €677.3m | €681.8m | €691.8m |
Total | €896.1m | €898.8m | €898.3m | €905.5m | €921.4m |
In the years in question the Army Pensions Vote required Supplementary Estimates, with corresponding amounts saved on the Defence Vote. The amounts of the gross Supplementary Estimates in each of the years are outlined in the table below.
Supplementary Estimate | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Vote 35 Army Pensions | €9m | €4.7m | €6.5m | €11m | €11m |
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