John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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821. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent across his Department over the past five years on maintaining vacant or unused State owned properties, including security arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18724/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The total expenditure from 2012 to date on maintaining vacant or unused State owned properties including security arrangements amounted to approximately €1.8m. This includes expenditure relating to Castlebar Barracks, Co. Mayo and Mullingar Barracks, Co. Westmeath which are still owned by the Minister. Costs relating to the ongoing maintenance etc of Mullingar are in the region of €90,000 per annum. There are no ongoing costs in relation to the maintenance of Castlebar Barracks.

The total also takes into account expenditure relating to the following Military Barracks that have since been disposed of:

-Cavan Military Barracks

- Rockhill Barracks, Letterkenny, Donegal

- Clonmel Barracks Co Tipperary

- Lifford Barracks, Co Donegal

- Magee Barracks, Kildare

In addition to the barracks outlined above, expenditure relating to other vacant or unused properties including a number of Reserve Defence Force properties is also included. The majority of these properties have since been disposed of and no are longer under the administration or ownership of the Minister for Defence.