102 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence if his Department has structural insurance cover on a house (details supplied) in County Kildare; if so, if an assessment of the house has taken place; the position regarding the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19156/04]

The State carries its own insurance on properties in its ownership and, accordingly, my Department does not have commercial structural insurance cover on the house referred to by the Deputy. Following damage to the property, an assessment of the house was undertaken. However, the house is one of a number of houses which it had been decided to offer for sale and, in this regard, it is not the policy to carry out refurbishment but rather to sell such houses in the condition in which they stand.