Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 320: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the buildings occupied by his Department which are and which are not fully accessible to people with disabilities in tabular readable form. [31032/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As will be seen from the following table, seven of the nine buildings in Dublin occupied by my Department, together with the Passport Office in Cork and the temporary Irish Aid office in Limerick, are fully accessible to people with disabilities.

Of the remaining two buildings, most of the public areas in Iveagh House have in recent years been made accessible to people with disabilities. The Department is examining how all public areas in Iveagh House can be made fully accessible, although the structure of this heritage building will present difficulties in this regard. The Department's archives building in Finglas, which does not have any public areas, is partially accessible.

The new Irish Aid Headquarters in Limerick, which will be ready in the first half of next year, and the new Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre in O'Connell Street Dublin, which will be operational next month, will be fully accessible to people with disabilities.