Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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202. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will carry out a survey on the current condition of the Military Barracks at Summerhill, Nenagh, following confirmation that it is now his Department that owns the property. [20054/23]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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203. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason his Department will not carry out a survey on the current condition of the Military Barracks at Summerhill in Nenagh following a request to do same; and the reason this will not be facilitated. [19938/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 and 203 together.

My Department has not received any formal request to carry out a survey on the condition of the military barracks in Nenagh. As I have previously stated, officials from my Department wrote to Tipperary County Council offering to transfer the property in question for a nominal sum, having regard to its central location in Nenagh and its historical ties to the town. However, the Council declined the offer.

My officials are available to discuss the matter further with Tipperary County Council as the initial offer to transfer the property to them still stands.