Defence Forces

Wednesday, 4 March 2026

Ceisteanna (40)

Ken O'Flynn

Ceist:

40. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of defence spending under the following headings for each of the years 2021 to 2025 inclusive: pay and allowances for uniformed personnel; pay and allowances for civilian Department staff; capital equipment procurement; maintenance and repair of existing equipment; fuel and operational costs; training costs; accommodation and barracks maintenance; overseas mission costs; and all other expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17584/26]

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Minister for Defence

The information requested is already publicly available as part of annual Appropriation Account processes. As part of these processes, each department or office is required to prepare an annual account, known as the appropriation account, for each voted service administered by it.

These accounts are a cash-based record of the receipts and payments in the year compared with the amounts provided under the Appropriation Act.

These accounts necessarily include detailed information on administration and programme expenditure across the Defence and Army Pension Votes, all of which are subject, under Section 3 (11) of the Comptroller & Auditor General Act 1993, to audit and presentation to the Dail by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General.