Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 469: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of acres of Department of Defence land there is in the Curragh Camp area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39142/05]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The Curragh Camp area comprises some 312 hectares, 771 acres, known as Brown Lands. The Curragh of Kildare Act 1868, granted the military authorities exclusive use of the Curragh Camp. This was confirmed by the Curragh of Kildare Act 1961. The camp is the national training centre for the Defence Forces.