Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 331: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department owns properties (details supplied) in County Cork; the number of units owned; and the future plans his Department has for the properties. [24152/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The property in question is vested in the Minister for Finance and comprises 3.5 acres approximately and includes four houses formerly used as married quarters for members of the Defence Forces. The Office of Public Works is in the process of disposing of the property.

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 332: To ask the Minister for Defence the properties in County Cork in the ownership of his Department; the approaches that have been made to his Department in the past two years by companies or individuals interested in purchasing any of these properties; his plans to dispose of any of these properties in the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24462/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Properties owned or administered by the Department of Defence in County Cork are as follows:

Ballincollig — Balance of lands at the former Murphy Barracks

Beál na Bláth — Collins Memorial Plot

Bere Island — Lands at Bere Island

Buttevant — 2 plots adjacent to Military Barracks

Castletownbere — Furious Pier

Cork City — 7 Eldred Terrace

Cork City — Collins Barracks

Crosshaven — Fort Templebreedy

Fermoy — RDF Premises

Fermoy — New Barracks, Fermoy

Kanturk — RDF Premises, Greenane

Haulbowline — Naval Base

Kilcrohane — RDF Premises

Kilworth — Kilworth Camp and Range

Macroom — RDF Premises

Mallow — RDF Premises

Middleton — RDF Premises

Shanbally — RDF Premises

Skibbereen — RDF Premises

Whitegate — Plot at Curtain's Wells Whitegate — Fort Davis

Youghal — RDF Premises

The Government, in July, 1998, approved a programme of evacuation and sale of six barracks considered surplus to military requirements, including two barracks in County Cork. Murphy Barracks, Ballincollig and Fitzgerald Camp, Fermoy. Most of the property at Murphy Barracks, Ballincollig has been sold and the disposal of the remaining lands is being progressed at present. Circa 19 acres at the former Fitzgerald Camp, Fermoy were sold to Cork County Council in 2001. An area of the Campfield, Collins Barracks, Cork is presently in progress of disposal to Cork City Council, while an area at Kilworth is being transferred to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. My Department's property portfolio is kept under on-going review. Properties deemed surplus to military requirements are disposed of and the funds invested to meet the equipment and infrastructure needs of the Defence Forces.

Inquiries are received in the Department from time to time in relation to the availability of properties for sale. During the past two years such enquiries have been received concerning lands on Bere Island; the plots adjacent to Military Barracks, Buttevant; Furious Pier, Castletownbere; Fermoy and the Reserve Defence Forces premises at Mallow, Shanbally and Youghal. The Department also receives enquiries from time to time in relation to local community access to and use of its properties.