Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

I have held several meetings with community groups, local authorities and educational authorities with regard to some of these locations. I am well disposed to accommodating them where possible. I must be careful not to set a precedent which could be used against the Department's better interests, especially financially, with regard to some potential outcomes.

I am familiar with one case, which I have discussed with Deputy Stanton, in which it appears some of the suggestions he has outlined could be accommodated, for example, in terms of access to a building for the Reserve Defence Force. In the context of a White Paper, perhaps a different model will emerge for the Reserve Defence Force or the Permanent Defence Force. We should bear in mind all of these points because there is finality about disposing of property and sometimes one might rather such finality had not taken place ten years later.

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