I propose to take Questions Nos. 1002 to 1004, inclusive, together.
Officials in my Department are currently progressing the application for First Registration of this property with the Chief State Solicitor’s Office. Upon completion of this application, it is the Department's intention to dispose of the property in question. I can confirm to the Deputy that the Department would be willing to transfer the property to the local authority.
The Deputy may wish to note that my officials have been in recent contact with officials of the County Council in relation to the Department's intention to secure the site in the light of recent anti-social and unauthorised behaviours on the site.
In addition, the Deputy may wish to know that my Department addressed the issue of clean-up of the Barracks grounds in the first week in May 2022 and will now proceed to secure the site by installing a fence and access door to safeguard the premises in the coming weeks.