Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 September 2023
63. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware that lands gifted by his Department to Ballincollig AFC more than twenty years ago at the former Murphy Barracks site in Ballincollig have still not been transferred to the club; if he will explain the reason this transfer has not been completed as intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40258/23]
View answerI am advised that the lands question are in the legal ownership of Cork County Council and that it was a condition of the sale to the local authority that a portion of the lands transferred should be made available for community, recreational and amenity purposes. As these lands are no longer in my Department's ownership I am advised that it has no standing in the matter. The execution of any outstanding contractual matters rests with the local authority in this instance.
