Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel currently in overholders accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38442/06]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Personnel on being discharged from the Permanent Defence Force are obliged to vacate married quarters within a short period of the dates of their discharge. There are 56 married quarters currently overheld. The provision of housing is primarily a matter for the local authorities and married personnel have an equal claim on such housing as other members of the community in the same income category. My Department is continuing to examine all options, including affordable housing and voluntary and co-op housing schemes, in relation to the re-housing of those overholders who would in the normal way be eligible for Local Authority Housing.