Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 537: To ask the Minister for Defence when his officials will meet with the civilian staff from Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath, to discuss the options available to them. [3665/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Department wrote to the employees concerned on 16 November 2011 to inform them of the decision to close Columb Barracks and to provide relevant contact details if they had any queries. Discussions have also been ongoing with unions representing the employees concerned. In addition, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has recently approved an application from the Department to offer a voluntary early retirement/voluntary redundancy scheme to the employees in question. The detailed calculations of the benefits that may accrue to each employee under this scheme are currently being finalized. Officials from the Department will meet with the civilian staff from Columb Barracks, Mullingar on Tuesday 31 January 2012 in Mullingar to discuss in detail the options available to them and to respond to any queries that they may have. In the meantime, officials from the Civilian Employees Section of the Department are available to deal with queries by telephone or post from the employees in question.