Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 256: To ask the Minister for Defence the impact of the abandonment of the plan to decentralise Defence Force Headquarters staff to the Defence Forces Training Centre at the Curragh, County Kildare. [2315/10]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will be aware that the Government decision on decentralisation provides for the transfer of my Department's Dublin-based civil service staff, together with a number of military personnel, to Newbridge, County Kildare, and for the decentralisation of the Defence Forces Headquarters (DFHQ) to the Curragh. The new building at Newbridge is progressing well and is expected to be completed and ready for occupation in the summer. In light of budgetary constraints at this time, the Government has decided to defer proceeding with the new building for DFHQ at the Curragh. This location, along with a number of other deferred locations, will be considered as part of the overall review of the programme in 2011. The implications of the deferment of the Curragh project are being considered by my Department in conjunction with the Department of Finance and the Office of Public Works.