75% of idle residences are at the Curragh Camp.
The Minister for Defence has confirmed that the overwhelming majority of vacant Defence Forces homes are in Kildare.
In total, 73 married quarters are standing idle in Defence Forces sites across the state.
Of those 54 are at the Defence Forces Training Centre at the Curragh Camp.
Minister, Simon Coveney, responding to Kildare South Independent TD, Cathal Berry, says "it is a long standing policy that long term residential married quarters are no longer provided. "
He adds "In standing with the policy to discontinue with provision of Married Quarters and given the historical nature of many of these buildings some of these vacant properties are no longer in a habitable state and it would be very challenging to bring same up to modern residential standards. Many of the properties require significant works in order to comply with modern standards for use as living accommodation and the overall cost would likely be prohibitive."
|
Barracks
|
Location
|
Inside Barracks
|
Outside Barracks
|
Total
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fort Templebreedy
|
Cork
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Collins Barracks
|
Cork
|
9
|
0
|
9
|
|
Haulbowline
|
Cork
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
Cathal Brugha
|
Dublin
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
|
McKee
|
Dublin
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Baldonnel
|
Dublin
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
DFTC
|
Kildare
|
54
|
0
|
54
|
|
Totals
|
|
70
|
3
|
73
|
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