Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Army Vehicles.
- Army lorry purchases 2 speeches
Bell sought annual Army lorry purchase figures, unit allocations, makes and manufacture years. Cooney provided purchase details but said unit allocations are not disclosed for security reasons.
Michael Bell, Patrick Mark Cooney
- Condition of Army vehicles 3 speeches
Treacy asked whether Army vehicles meet normal mechanical standards. After Molloy’s quip, Cooney said they do, and in many cases exceed those standards.
Noel Treacy, Robert Molloy, Patrick Mark Cooney
asked the Minister for Defence the number of Army lorries purchased each year for the past ten years; the units that were allocated replacements; and the make and year of manufacture of each lorry.
Comment on this
Details of purchases of Army lorries in the past ten years are as follows:—
The year of manufacture is the year of purchase. For security reasons it is not the practice to disclose details of the allocation of vehicles to units.
Comment on this
Will the Minister clarify the position regarding the condition of vehicles used in the Army at present and state if they are up to the normal standards and conditions applying to mechanically propelled vehicles?
