Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 576: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will instruct his Department to provide a site free of charge to another Government Department for a new Garda station at Tralee County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39440/10]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The Department is aware that the Office of Public Works proposes to move three organisations, An Garda Siochana, Courts Service and a HGV testing centre into part of Ballymullen Barracks. The Department has been in contact with that Office and is awaiting a response. The site for the Garda station cannot be provided free of charge as, in line with a Government Decision, the funding realised from the disposal of surplus military property provides resources for the modernisation of the Defence Forces and is invested in new infrastructure, equipment and training area development. All properties that are deemed to be surplus to military requirements will continue to be disposed of and the funding invested to meet the current and future equipment and infrastructure needs of the Defence Forces.