Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I visited the Curragh Camp again last week for the commissioning of 29 officers into the Reserve Defence Forces, which was a super event. It is true that when driving around the camp there is too much dereliction. I have said that to our officials and we need to address that over time. The Deputy is a former Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and he knows that projects like this cannot be completed overnight. We need to have a medium-term plan for the Curragh Camp, which upgrades the facility and rightly gives the impression when driving through that it is effectively the flagship training facility for the Defence Forces. That is what we will do over time. Next year, we will spend €16.5 million and we have spent €17.5 million in recent years. We are carrying out multiple projects to deal with the quality of infrastructure in the Curragh Camp and to deal with some of the buildings that are unused.

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