Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)

That is not what the previous Minister for Defence, Mr. Tony Killeen, said one year ago last week. He said that any properties that are considered surplus to military requirements will be disposed of. A year later in October 2011 Fianna Fáil is condemning the Minister's refusal to rule out the closure of any Army barracks throughout the country regardless of their integral role in the local area. Just one year ago in October 2010 the Minister said the dispersal of personnel over an extended number of locations is a major impediment to essential collective training. It will take more than a year for people to forget about the damage that Fianna Fáil has done not just to this country but to the Army.

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