Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money spent at Rockhill and Lifford Army Barracks on refurbishment work and capital investment since 2000 to date in 2008. [39061/08]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is engaged in an on-going capital building programme designed to modernise and enhance the training, operational and accommodation facilities available to the Defence Forces both Permanent and Reserve. The programme focuses mainly on infrastructural projects comprising the construction of new buildings and the refurbishment of existing buildings.

In the period 2000 to 2008 the Department has spent approximately € 1,000,000 on refurbishment and capital projects in Rockhill and € 320,000 in Lifford. The majority of the expenditure in Rockhill was required to maintain and conserve the fabric of what is a listed building, thus protecting its structural integrity.