Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised that the disposal of obsolete military equipment takes place on an ongoing basis as the need arises. The disposal of such equipment usually follows from the recommendation from a military Board of Survey, which confirms that the equipment is of no further value to the Defence Forces. In the majority of cases old but operable weaponry is decommissioned by members of the Defence Forces under the direction of the Ordnance Corps. One such case was the decommissioning of mortars in 1999. The mortars were converted to scrap in Clancy Barracks and were then removed to the former Irish Steel plant in Haulbowline, County Cork in October that year for reprocessing.