Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 1 May 2018, when the matter being investigated will be completed; the up to date information in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36472/18]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that the Defence Forces have carried out an investigation into the origins and provenance of this military artefact. As the Deputy will be aware the cannon in question has been in the possession of the Defence Forces for over sixty years and was previously on display in Devoy Barracks, Naas. In 1998 the Minister for Defence wrote to Naas Urban District Council informing them that on completion of the refurbishment of the cannon it would not be returned to Naas but would be displayed in the Curragh Camp thereafter. The cannon is currently on display in a secure indoor location in the DFTC Museum in the Curragh. It is not intended to relocate the Cannon from its current location which is accessible to members of the public.