asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of ground rent paid by each Department to ground landlords, other than the State, on property owned by the State; and if he will state the names of the recipients of the ten largest current payments so derived together with the amount in each case.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Ground Rents.
The reply is in the form of a tabular statement which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to have circulated with the official report.
Following is the statement:—
Ground Rents:
Department or Office |
Annual Payment |
£ |
|
Office of Public Works |
13,301.15 |
Posts and Telegraphs |
3,283.88 |
Defence |
1,895.04 |
Education |
100.00 |
Justice |
6.30 |
Land Commission |
1.13 |
The recipients of the ten largest payments in respect of ground rents and the yearly amounts are as follows:—
£ |
|
1. Ballincollig Holdings |
1,135.16 |
2. Pembroke Estate |
1,118.17 |
3. Dublin Corporation |
1,095.61 |
4. Robert Leycester |
821.54 |
5. Bankfield Estates |
448.42 |
6. Trinity College, Dublin |
390.00 |
7. Lyster V. Burroughs Estate |
375.00 |
8. Convent of Mercy, Limerick |
373.57 |
9. Walter Sweetman Estate |
330.27 |
10. Lord Ardee |
320.00 |