Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2004
73 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Defence the Defence Forces property that has been handed over or is planned to transfer for the purposes of the new affordable housing initiative agreed in Sustaining Progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13403/04]
View answerThe Government decided in July 2003 that Magee Barracks, Kildare, and Gormanston Camp, County Meath, would be among the State lands released to relevant local authorities for inclusion in the Sustaining Progress affordable housing initiative.
In addition, the Government agreed in December 2003 to the release of a further series of State lands for inclusion in the initiative including Department of Defence sites at St. Bricin's Hospital, Dublin, and at the Camp Field, Collins Barracks, Cork.
The modalities for the transfer of these sites to the relevant local authorities are under active consideration.
The affordable housing initiative will be targeted at those who in the past would have expected to purchase a house from their own resources but who find that they are unable to do so in the current market.
