Defence Forces

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Questions (40)

Patrick Costello

Question:

40. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of married quarters accommodation units still in possession of the Defence Forces; the number of those that are occupied or vacant, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42001/24]

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Tánaiste and Minister for Defence

The Defence Forces are responsible for the allocation of accommodation in each installation. This is managed by the military authorities, and as such, my Department is not directly involved, nor would it have the information requested. The military authorities have been requested to provide the material and while this could not be compiled in time I will arrange to have same provided to the Deputy shortly.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

I refer to the above mentioned Parliamentary Questions from 16th October 2024 which were taken in composite and deferred: “To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of married quarters accommodation units still in possession of the Defence Forces; the number of those that are occupied or vacant, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.”

While it was not possible to provide the requested information to you within the given timeframe, I am now in a position to provide information on this matter in the table below.

County	Number of MQ	Occupied	Vacant /Unhabitable
Westmeath	1	1	0
Cork	12	2	10
Dublin	16	8	8
Kildare	77	13	64
Galway	1	1	0
Kilkenny	1	1	0
Limerick	1	1	0
Meath	1	1	0
Totals	110	28	82

I trust this is of assistance to you.