2008 Defence Budget

[Liam Bowdren]

2008 Budget Figures

Page 79.

A substantive 384% increase in travel and freight expenses due to the EU mission to Chad, and a 10% net increase overall (someone less stressed with college work than I would be better placed to work this out in real terms).

[ZULU]

Costs Arising Directly From Ireland's Participation In The E.u.'s European
Security And Defence Policy
2007____________________ 2008
1,258,000________________1,584,000____________+ 26%

Ordnance, Clothing And Catering
2007 2008
18,679,000 23,646,000 + 27%

DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT ....
2007 2008
40,955,000 42,815,000 +5%


Military Transport
2007 2008
11,530,000 19,772,000 + 71%

Reserve Defence Force: Pay, Etc. ….
2007 2008
12,541,000 10,459,000 -17%



Net Increase 80,261,000

[luchi]

And I bet the bulk of the Tpt budget will be going over seas.

[Kevin. B]

RDF pay is down by 17%?

[Kevin. B]

Christ, didn't see that coming...

[Goldie fish]

€3.8m is set aside for new Machine guns, according to the Irish Times.
Also €6m for Mowag APCs, and €6.8m for the LTAV project, which may again see the light of day. Hopefully the market has suitably matured by now.

[hptmurphy]

Also €6m for Mowag APCs

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Probably works out at about for mowags

and €6.8m for the LTAV project,

...and about half of that will be spent **** acting about looking at things we could never possibly afford