The Deputy will be aware that, in the context of the White Paper on Defence, the Government decided to decentralise the Civil Defence branch of my Department to Roscrea, County Tipperary.
The Office of Public Works, which has responsibility for the provision of official accommodation for Departments, is currently in discussions with the owners of a building in Roscrea with a view to providing such accommodation for the newly-established Civil Defence Board. I expect that the move will take place early in the summer of next year.
In the budget speech yesterday, it was announced that as part of the major decentralisation programme, my Department will be decentralising to Newbridge, County Kildare, and Defence Forces Headquarters to the Curragh.