Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 1109: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the land owned by his Department in Fermoy known as The Showgrounds in view of the fact that this is the only undeveloped green area left in Fermoy town centre and a number of local clubs and other organisations are actively seeking accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1477/08]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The site in question forms part of lands under lease to a Company that is now in dissolution. The legal position in that regard is currently under consideration in consultation with the Office of the Chief State Solicitor. A decision on the future use of the property will be taken when the legal issues have been clarified.

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 1110: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Department owned computer desktops or laptops or other data devices, such as blackberries and memory keys, reported lost, missing or stolen from his Department in each year from 2002 to 2007; the number of these that were later recovered or found; the number still missing; if any sensitive or private data was compromised; the measures in place within his Department to secure such portable or at risk data devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1511/08]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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In relation to my Department no officially issued computer desktops, laptops or other data devices, such as blackberries and memory keys, have been reported lost, missing or stolen since 2002. All portable devices are issued on foot of a business requirement authorised at senior level and are recorded, tracked and maintained in accordance with the Department's ICT Security Policy and procedures certified to ISO27001 standard.

In relation to the Defence Forces, two desktop computers were stolen in 2007 from a Defence Forces installation during the UNMIL mission to Liberia and were not recovered. The PCs were on a restricted network and all data was on network drives rather than the PCs hard disk, so no compromise of data arose. A non-networked laptop computer, containing no sensitive or personal data, went missing in transit during a reconnaissance visit associated with humanitarian relief to the Tsunami in 2005 and was not recovered. A non-networked laptop computer with no personal or sensitive data was stolen from a member of the Defence Forces in 2004 while on an OSCE mission in Georgia and was not recovered.