Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State will remember that in the last quarter of 2011 the previous Fine Gael and Labour Party Government decided with the stroke of a pen to close Columb Barracks in Mullingar and in doing so broke a rich Defence Forces tradition in the town. To date, the Department has done nothing to try to secure an alternative use for this fine premises and the facilities that remain there. I want to give the Minister of State an opportunity in the House today to outline his Department's plans for the long-term use of this site.

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