Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the potential to conclude the sale of married quarters at Cathal Brugha Barracks with the occupants in view of the fact that some practical problems with regard to common areas have emerged; if he will leave open the process in order that residents can assist in trying to overcome same in view of the fact that they have sought to conclude this matter for well over a decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49315/18]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The matter of the proposed sale of the former married quarters at Cathal Brugha Barracks has been ongoing for some time now. During this period, it emerged that there were legal difficulties in selling the properties as originally intended. In December 2016, the Chief State Solicitor's Office met with the residents' legal advisers to outline the issues arising and, in order to resolve the matter, invited proposals as to how the sales could be facilitated. I am advised that this approach did not yield any viable proposals.

Having taken into consideration the advice of the Chief State Solicitor's Office, my officials have been left with no alternative but to formally withdraw from proceeding with the proposed sales. On the 1st November 2018 the Chief State Solicitor's Office wrote to the legal representatives of the occupiers advising them accordingly. As part of this communication my Department has indicated that it is intended to regularise the current occupancies of those people who were the subject of the original sales offer.