Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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805. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 23 November 2016, the total number of hectares the Gormanstown Army Camp lands currently stand at; the total number of hectares currently operational and in day to day use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37673/16]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Gormanston Army Camp stands on 105.93 Hectares (261.77 acres). The Department of Defence has let 62.3 Hectares (154 acres ) of this land to a local farmer. The remaining lands are operational and used day to day as part of the permanently occupied Gormanston Army Camp.

The Department of Defence also leases additional land of 7.29 Hectacres (approximately 18.024 acres) adjacent to the camp from a landowner which is used as a gallery firing range.