Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is a budget in place to continue the fire safety work and the upgrading of accommodation in five of the seven blocks. There is further work to be done on the additional classrooms and I envisage that this will go ahead. In respect of the long-term training needs and the improvements that need to be made within the existing campus boundary, in the first instance we must work with the OPW to provide an initial design scheme. We hope to see that develop in the next few months and we will then examine the budgetary implications of that part of the programme.

The golf club lands the Deputy speaks of are owned by the OPW, which leased them, in 1998, to a company called Garda College Sportsfield Company Limited whose objectives at the time included the development of recreational facilities for students of the Garda College and in the spirit of community engagement, members of the local community in Templemore joined the golf club.

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