THE MARQUESS OF CLANRICARDEasked, Whether any Lease has been executed or is in contemplation whereby the Curragh of Kildare will be transferred from the Department of Woods and Forests to that of War; and whether it is intended to erect thereupon permanent Stone or Brick Barracks?
EARL DE GREY AND RIPONsaid, that some time ago there were some communications between the War Department and that of the Woods and Forests in regard to the transference of the Crown property at the Curragh from the latter to the former. Those communications, however, did not come to a satisfactory conclusion, and it was not now in contemplation either to make any such transfer, or to erect barracks of stone or brick on the Curragh. He could not say that it was intended to discontinue the occupation of the Curragh as a camp, because valuable instruction was there imparted to the troops.