Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

I welcome that reply. Is the Minister in a position to elaborate on the types of major capital projects under way at the Curragh? I welcome the capital investment because there was a period in which the Defence Forces had been starved of it. While many of the barracks in which members of the Defence Forces were housed were fine architecturally, they were from another era. I welcome the decision to engage in a major upgrading programme. Are projects being considered that may not require major capital investment? Are there capital investment projects in addition to that at Collins Barracks, Cork? Is there a proposal, as part of the celebrations on the anniversary of the 1916 Rising, to mark the fact that seven barracks at the Curragh complex are called after the signatories of the Proclamation of Independence?

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