Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to speak to the point my colleague, Deputy Smith, made. Soldiers, men and women, are very much willing to rough it and tough it but they want to come home to a home environment as well. Accommodation is something that needs to be addressed. In Meelick, County Clare, which is my home village, a housing scheme was built in the 1980s in partnership with Father Harry Bohan. It was affordable housing for its time. To this day, more than half of the families in Elton Court, which is a fabulous housing estate, are current or former members of the Defence Forces. Such a scheme would be fantastic if we could do it again. Maybe the Minister could partner with his colleague, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, to give these people a roof over their heads where families can be reared in the community close to the barracks.

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