Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 136: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14429/04]

Michael Smith (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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The property in question was offered for sale to the occupants in 1999 for a sum of €31,743.45 — £25,000 — but they did not proceed with the sale. It would appear that some of the occupants, adult children may remain in residence in the quarters and, in that regard, the Department would be prepared to allow the house to be purchased in the joint names of the parents and of the children. This course of action, which assists purchasers in obtaining a mortgage, has been availed of in respect of a number of the sales at Orchard Park.

With regard to the question of overholding, my Department is continuing to examine all options, including affordable housing and voluntary and co-operative housing schemes, in relation to the re-housing of those overholders who would in the normal way be eligible for local authority housing. The Department will remain in contact with the overholders pending resolution of the issue.