On 15 July 1998 the Government approved a programme of evacuation and sale of six barracks which are considered surplus to military requirements. The barracks in question are located at Fermoy, Castleblayney, Naas, Kildare, Ballincollig and Clancy Barracks, Dublin. A total of 19.218 acres at the former Fitzgerald Camp, Fermoy, was sold to Cork County Council for €973,889 for development in conjunction with the IDA. Castleblayney Military Post, Monaghan, comprising approximately ten acres, was sold to the North Eastern Health Board for €761,843. There were seven acres at Devoy Barracks, Naas, County Kildare ceded free of charge to Naas Urban District Council, while a further 14 acres was sold to that authority for €8,888,167. The balance of the barrack's lands – one acre – was sold to Kildare County Council for €380,921.
Magee Barracks, Kildare, comprising 65 acres, still remains to be sold. At present approximately 15 acres of the property are being used by the reception and integration agency of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to accommodate asylum seekers and a further site comprising one acre approximately is being used by Kildare County Council as a temporary halting site for 20 persons.