Minister Coveney opens Personnel Support Service Building and Veterans Support Centre, Collins Barracks, Cork.

Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D., Minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs announces the opening of the Personnel Support Service Building and Veterans Support Centre, Collins Barracks, Cork.

Mr. Simon Coveney T.D., today (29th November 2021) officially opened a new Personnel Support Service Building and Veterans Support Centre in Collins Barracks, Cork.

An extensive refurbishment of these disused former Married Quarters houses will now provide the facilities necessary for a PSS Resource Centre.

The development also includes a new Veterans Support Centre for use by our Veterans.

The Minister stated that “the completion of this new facility provides all-inclusive facilities to cater for the provision of the Personnel Support Service and the Veterans Support Centre at Collins Barracks. It will provide support facilities for both serving personnel, Defence Forces veterans and their families in a private area where issues of a sensitive nature can be addressed”.

The provision of these new facilities at Collins Barracks will support and recognise the important role of PSS in promoting the Defence Forces safe and positive work culture. The Veterans Support Centre will similarly support the activities of our Veterans Associations in providing help and assistance to our Defence Forces veterans.

Minister Coveney paid tribute to all those involved in delivering this facility in these challenging times. In particular those within the Defence Forces, the Design Team and the Contractor, Resolution Mode Ltd who completed the project on time and within budget at a cost of €360,000.

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