Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2022
321. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Defence his views on the use of a facility (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will liaise with the relevant local authority in order to hand the facility over for community use given that it is currently unused and derelict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59441/22]
View answerI am informed by my officials that the majority of the site in question is not under the ownership of the Department of Defence, but rather that of a third-party with the Department retaining a holding on the site of approximately 1 Hectare of the overall 10 Hectare site. While no approach has been made by the Local authority in relation to a transfer, my Department has no objection in principle to dispose of its holding on the site for the purposes cited by the Deputy should such an approach be made.
