Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence when it is expected that his Department will move to its new offices in Newbridge, County Kildare; if its current offices in Parkgate, Dublin, will be vacated, the location at which it is intended to accommodate those sections of Defence Forces headquarters that are not relocating to Newbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29917/10]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The Office of Public Works is responsible for the construction and fitting-out of the Department's new accommodation at Station Road, Newbridge. The building is under construction and is expected to be available for occupation in the autumn. The Office of Public Works is also responsible for the provision of office accommodation for the Defence Forces Headquarters personnel who are not decentralising to Newbridge. Discussions are ongoing between this Department, the Defence Forces and the OPW on the issue of suitable accommodation.