Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister mentioned the availability of 4,500 bed places. I wonder how many of those are currently occupied because in many cases, as he outlined earlier, accommodation was left not maintained over the years and not improved and brought up to modern-day standards.

In my question, I asked had the Department put in place a five-year plan setting out clear goals annually for the next five years. The Defence Forces are crucial to us as a country. It is extremely important that we provide standard accommodation for personnel so that they are not under the pressure of trying to be out in the rented market and having to get accommodation if they are moved from one area to another. It is extremely important that we have a five-year plan and I would ask that this would be considered.

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