The examination of the State Property Portfolio by the Commissioners of Public Works with a view to identifying vacant, under-utilised or surplus property is an ongoing process.
To date it has produced a number of properties deemed suitable for disposal-redevelopment. These are as follows: Devereaux hotel, which has been recently sold; Lad Lane, Baggot Street, formerly the maintenance depot for the building maintenance services of Office of Public Works, which is intended to sell on the open market at the appropriate time; St. Johns Road-Military Road, a planning application for which was submitted to Dublin City Council on 12 June 2003 for a mixed-use development on a site jointly owned by Office of Public Works and Eircom at St. John's Road West-Military Road near Heuston Station, with an additional application be submitted before year end for a mixed use development on an adjacent site wholly owned by State bodies at Military Road-St. John's Road; Infirmary Road East, which was formerly used by the Department of Defence and which in accordance with a Government decision, it has been decided to develop for affordable housing; Jamestown Road, Inchicore, the location for Office of Public Works's central engineering workshop which will also be used for affordable housing purposes; and Tallaght Garda station, for which plans are being drawn up to maximise its use. A number of smaller properties, for example, former Garda stations, have been disposed of or are in the process of being disposed of.
