Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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640. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason one unit in Cork City, 1 Brigade Artillery Regiment, BAR, Collins Barracks, was selected to be decommissioned. [2699/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Following a comprehensive review of expenditure carried out in 2011, the strength ceiling of the Permanent Defence Force was established at 9,500 personnel and, as a result, a major re-organisation of the Defence Forces took place. As part of the re-organisation, 1 Brigade Artillery Regiment (BAR), Collins Barracks, was established in 2013 and I can confirm that there are no plans to disestablish this unit.