Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 570: To ask the Minister for Defence the buildings occupied by his Department which are and which are not fully accessible to people with disabilities in tabular readable form. [31027/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The buildings occupied by my Department (Infirmary Road, Dublin 7, Coláiste Chaoimhín, Glasnevin, and Renmore, Galway) are fully accessible to people with disabilities. The same applies to the offices of the Civil Defence Board in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.

A number of military installations and buildings are, by virtue of their age, not fully accessible to people with disabilities. However, in line with Government policy, a programme has been under way for some time to make military buildings used by the public, accessible to people with disabilities.

All new buildings and major refurbishments of existing buildings undertaken by the Defence Forces in recent years provide access for people with disabilities.