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Detailed Paper No.5 – Defence
Table 5.1 Defence expenditure allocations
2008
provisional
outturn
2009 Revised
Estimates
year-onyear
%
change
proposed full
year savings
%
savings
Defence
Gross Current €849.9m €804.2m -5.4% €53.4m -6.7%
Gross Capital €27.0m €18.4m -31.9% -
Gross Total €876.9m €822.6m -6.2% €53.4m -6.5%
Staff numbers 11,652 11,482 -1.5% 520 -4.5%
Army Pensions
Gross Current €203.7m €209.0m 2.6% - -
Gross Capital - - - - -
Gross Total €203.7m €209.0m 2.6% - -
Pension numbers a 11,671 11,640 - - -
a Includes 2 civil servants who work on Vote 37.
Introduction
The Defence Group of Votes consists of the Votes for the Department of Defence (D/Defence) and
for Army Pensions.
The primary role of the D/Defence is to support the Minister and to provide policy advice and
support on Defence matters, including assistance with policy formulation and the implementation of
policy as directed by the Minister. The roles of the Defence Forces are to defend the State against
armed aggression, to aid the civil power, to participate in multinational peace support, crisis
management and humanitarian relief operations in support of the United Nations, to provide a
fisheries protection service in accordance with the State’s obligations as a member of the EU and to
carry out other duties that may be assigned to them from time to time, e.g. search and rescue, air
ambulance service, Ministerial air transport service, assistance on the occasion of natural or other
disasters, assistance in connection with the maintenance of essential services, and assistance in
combating oil pollution at sea.
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Table 5.2 Defence resource allocation by Programme
2009 Capital
a
2009
Current
of which -
pay
staff
numbers
b
A. Contingent capabilities €19.4m €465.4m €362.2m 7,420
B. On-Island security and support to other
agencies
€0.3m €138.6m €78.1m 1,600
C. International peace and security €0.5m €161.1m €92.2m 1,888
D. Defence policy, military advice and
corporate services
€1.2m €39.1m €28.0m 574
E. Military pensions and gratuities - €209.0m €0.1m 2
TOTAL €21.4m €1,013.2m €560.6m 11,484
a It should be noted that Programme allocation include €3m capital carryover in addition to the 2009 Revised Estimates
Volume capital allocation of €18.4m.
b Includes Departmental and Office Civil Servants, Agency Public Servants and members of the Permanent Defence
Forces – Estimate 2009 as provided by D/Defence
At present there is one body in receipt of Exchequer funding operating under the aegis of the
D/Defence, Coiste an Asgard. Exchequer funding available to this body in 2009 is €0.8m, and it
employs 2 staff seconded from the D/Defence, the details of which are set out in the Appendix to
this Paper.
Table 5.1 Defence expenditure allocations
2008
provisional
outturn
2009 Revised
Estimates
year-onyear
%
change
proposed full
year savings
%
savings
Defence
Gross Current €849.9m €804.2m -5.4% €53.4m -6.7%
Gross Capital €27.0m €18.4m -31.9% -
Gross Total €876.9m €822.6m -6.2% €53.4m -6.5%
Staff numbers 11,652 11,482 -1.5% 520 -4.5%
Army Pensions
Gross Current €203.7m €209.0m 2.6% - -
Gross Capital - - - - -
Gross Total €203.7m €209.0m 2.6% - -
Pension numbers a 11,671 11,640 - - -
a Includes 2 civil servants who work on Vote 37.
Introduction
The Defence Group of Votes consists of the Votes for the Department of Defence (D/Defence) and
for Army Pensions.
The primary role of the D/Defence is to support the Minister and to provide policy advice and
support on Defence matters, including assistance with policy formulation and the implementation of
policy as directed by the Minister. The roles of the Defence Forces are to defend the State against
armed aggression, to aid the civil power, to participate in multinational peace support, crisis
management and humanitarian relief operations in support of the United Nations, to provide a
fisheries protection service in accordance with the State’s obligations as a member of the EU and to
carry out other duties that may be assigned to them from time to time, e.g. search and rescue, air
ambulance service, Ministerial air transport service, assistance on the occasion of natural or other
disasters, assistance in connection with the maintenance of essential services, and assistance in
combating oil pollution at sea.
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Table 5.2 Defence resource allocation by Programme
2009 Capital
a
2009
Current
of which -
pay
staff
numbers
b
A. Contingent capabilities €19.4m €465.4m €362.2m 7,420
B. On-Island security and support to other
agencies
€0.3m €138.6m €78.1m 1,600
C. International peace and security €0.5m €161.1m €92.2m 1,888
D. Defence policy, military advice and
corporate services
€1.2m €39.1m €28.0m 574
E. Military pensions and gratuities - €209.0m €0.1m 2
TOTAL €21.4m €1,013.2m €560.6m 11,484
a It should be noted that Programme allocation include €3m capital carryover in addition to the 2009 Revised Estimates
Volume capital allocation of €18.4m.
b Includes Departmental and Office Civil Servants, Agency Public Servants and members of the Permanent Defence
Forces – Estimate 2009 as provided by D/Defence
At present there is one body in receipt of Exchequer funding operating under the aegis of the
D/Defence, Coiste an Asgard. Exchequer funding available to this body in 2009 is €0.8m, and it
employs 2 staff seconded from the D/Defence, the details of which are set out in the Appendix to
this Paper.
Comment