asked the Minister for Defence if he has any plans for the provision of housing accommodation for married members of the Army personnel attached to Baldonnel, County Dublin.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Housing of Baldonnel Army Personnel.
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The shortage of married quarters for soldiers has been a problem at various military centres throughout the country. A programme for the erection of new quarters at the centres where the needs were greatest and for the improvement of old type married quarters in certain barracks was drawn up some years ago and has been actively pursued. New housing schemes have already been completed in Dublin, the Curragh Training Camp, Athlone and Cork and the erection of eight new houses in Naas is nearing completion. It is hoped to commence the erection this year of a further 20 new houses in Athlone to replace old type quarters there which have been condemned. It has not yet been determined when or where the next quota of new houses will be erected but the needs of Baldonnel Camp will receive full consideration in the light of the circumstances obtaining when a decision is being taken in relation to the location of the next housing scheme.