Defence Forces
Dail Éireann — 2022-10-06
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Brendan Howlin (LAB), Wexford

I very much welcome that. Some of those are very expensive projects, however, such as the two new CASA aeroplanes, the acquisition of the two New Zealand vessels and most of all, the primary radar system. They are each capable of gobbling up the bulk of the total capital allocation. Are we going to be seeing these acquisitions replicated for the next three years as an ongoing process to be paid for over a number of years? What will we get for our €176 million on the capital side for next year? That is the nub of my question. What does the Minister think he will actually get?

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