Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 October 2017

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

Questions (287)

Clare Daly

Question:

287. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the ratio of his Department's expenditure to the Air Corps, Army and Naval Service respectively in each of the years 2011 2016 and to date in 2017. [45238/17]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Defence

Vote 36 (Defence) is managed through a single programme with all operational outputs delivered from a single set of forces encompassing the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service. Pay and allowances and other support costs are not identified separately, but are included in the overall programme costs of the Vote. As a result, expenditure across the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service is not classified separately.