Departmental Properties
Seanad Éireann — 2026-06-23
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Robert Troy (FF), Longford-Westmeath

There is a very strong commitment to ensuring that we have a modern and sustainable regulatory model in place to manage the historically important landscape that is the Curragh. As the Senator acknowledged, there is a conservation plan in place and there are recommendations that put in place the foundation for the future management of the plains. Progress is happening. The difficulty is, whenever anything is identified, we are all very keen to ensure that it is implemented in a timely fashion. The Government is judged not just on identifying what the solutions are for a particular challenge - the challenge in the Curragh being what the Senator has identified - but its implementation of recommendations in a timely fashion. The Senator has made that point very clearly. I give an undertaking that I will relay to the Minister for Defence that it is all very well identifying the recommendations, but their implementation is key and what is expected by the wider community affected by the issue.

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Sitting date: 2026-06-23