Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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932. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if ownership has transferred and new leases expedited in respect of a property (details supplied) in County Cork. [22352/16]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, Fermoy Show Ltd which had a lease from the Department of Defence for the use of the former Fermoy Barracks, sublet parcels of the Barracks to several sporting and commercial entities. The Company was dissolved in 1989. Under the terms of the State Property Act 1954, the legal title of the Company has reverted to the State. The Department last December initiated an application in the High Court to have the transfer of the interest held by the dissolved company to the Department confirmed and made absolute. Since then the matter has come before the High Court on several occasions to facilitate the submission of affidavits by interested parties. The matter currently stands listed in the High Court at the Cork session on the 28th November 2016. While the Department cannot anticipate the decision of the High Court, it is hoped that the Department will be in a position to deal with the concerns of all relevant parties in a fair and reasonable fashion.