Dáil debates
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Departmental Properties
5:00 pm
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
The Department of Defence's property portfolio is kept under review to ensure the most effective use of military resources having regard to the roles assigned by Government to the Defence Forces. The Department has been engaged in an ongoing programme of barracks consolidation since 1998 which has brought to 14 the number of barracks closed during that time. In addition, a number of smaller properties have been identified as surplus to military requirements. Some of these have already been disposed of, while more than 30 others are in the process of being prepared for disposal. These mainly consist of married quarters and Defence Forces Reserve premises.
The properties under this category disposed of since 2002 and the amounts received in each case are set out in the following table.
| Year | Property | Purchaser | € |
| 2002 | 2 properties, Bere Island & Ballincollig, Co Cork | private | € 72,442 |
| Lands at Assumption Road,Cork | Cork Corporation | €1,524,743 | |
| Old married Quarters Sarsfield Bks, Limerick | Limerick City Council | € 987,601 | |
| Property at Arbour Hill, Dublin 7 | private | € 18,792 | |
| Orchard Park, Curragh, Co. Kildare - 29 properties | private | €1,152,698 | |
| Total 2002 | €3,756,276 | ||
| 2003 | Property at Three Castles, Co. Kilkenny | private | € 3,500 |
| Property at Greenane, Kanturk, Co. Cork | Southern Health Board | € 177,769 | |
| Old married Quarters, Sarsfield Bks. Limerick | Limerick City Council | € 174,272 | |
| Portion land at Waterford Barracks | Waterford City Council | € 661,534 | |
| Orchard Pk, Curragh, Co. Kildare - 12 properties | private | € 447,640 | |
| Total 2003 | €1,464,715 | ||
| 2004 | Properties at Cobh, Co. Cork | private | €2,400,015 |
| Spike Island, Co. Cork. | Minister for Justice | € 64,662 | |
| Orchard Park, Curragh, Co. Kildare - 3 properties | private | € 119,229 | |
| Total 2004 | €2,583,906 | ||
| 2005 | Property on Bere Island, Cork | private | € 25,397 |
| Site at Killorglin, Co.Kerry | Kerry County Council | € 11,947 | |
| Property at Athlone, Co. Westmeath | private | € 253,973 | |
| Orchard Park, Curragh, Co. Kildare - 3 properties | private | € 139,486 | |
| Total 2005 | € 430,803 | ||
| 2006 | Orchard Park, Curragh, Co. Kildare - 5 properties | private | € 187,317 |
| Sale of water and sewage works at Knockalisheen Co Clare | Clare County Council | € 26,324 | |
| Arbour Hill Lands | Dept. of Justice, Equality & Law Reform | €3,174,345 | |
| Portion of land at Sarsfield Bks, Limerick | private | € 3,175 | |
| Total 2006 | €3,391,161 | ||
| 2007 | Fort Camden, Crosshaven Co Cork | Cork County Council | € 64,008 |
| 2 properties at Ballincollig, Co. Cork | private | € 88,177 | |
| Ballincollig, Co. Cork | HSE South | €1,095,401 | |
| McKee Park, Dublin 7 | private | € 122,824 | |
| Property at Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan | Cavan County Council | € 127,016 | |
| Orchard Park, Curragh, Co. Kildare | private | € 120,000 | |
| Total 2007 | €1,617,426 | ||
| 2008 | Property at Douglas Road, Cork | private | €2,510,266 |
| Property at Cahir, Co. Tipperary | private | € 550,000 | |
| Total 2008 | €3,060,266 | ||
| 2009 | Orchard Park, Curragh, Co. Kildare | private | € 150,000 |
| Property at Cloughfin, Co. Donegal | private | € 5,000 | |
| 3 sites at Renmore park | Galway City Council &Liam Mellowes hurling club | € 250,316 | |
| Property at Cloghore, Co. Donegal | private | € 60,002 | |
| Total 2009 | € 465,318 | ||
| 2010 | Property at Athlone, Co. Westmeath | private | € 2,721 |
| 2011 | RDF premises Kanturk | Cork VEC | € 5,000 |
| Overall Total | €16,777,592 |
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