Decentralisation Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 October 2008

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Questions (133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140)

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

222 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the income realised each year for the past four years from the disposal of property in Dublin under the decentralisation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35544/08]

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

227 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the properties sold and the price obtained for each property that in total account for the figure of €387.5 million as referred to in his reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 111, 121, 146, 149, 263, 264 and 265 of 30 January 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35596/08]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Finance (Deputy Martin Mansergh)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 222 and 227 together.

The figure of €387.5 million represented the total value of proceeds from the disposal of State properties countrywide between January 2004 and December 2007 inclusive. The following tables show the total list of properties in Dublin disposed of in the last 4 years and the value achieved.

2004

Building	Price
	€
Lad Lane, Dublin 2	22,500,000.00
72-76 St. Stephen’s Green	52,300,000.00
14-16 Lord Edward Street	8,780,140.48

2005

Building	Price
	€
26-27 Eden Quay	4,205,000.00
Chantilly Site, Rathmichael	5,162,202.65
St. John’s Road	44,916,551.79

2006

Building	Price
	€
Former Veterinary College, Shelbourne Road	171,558,110.36
Faculty Building, Shelbourne Road	35,891,460.19
Parnell West Hotel, Parnell Square	7,236,190.32
Beggars Bush Barracks (encroachment)	56,046.14
Gardiner Street Former SWO	2,500,299.18

2007

Building	Price
	€
Land adjacent to Royal Hospital	500,056.38
Inchicore Estate, Islandbridge	320,922.00

A figure in excess of €20,000,000 not included above was agreed for Spruce House but Contracts have not yet been executed.

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

223 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of expenditure incurred to date on purchase or rent of property outside Dublin under the decentralisation scheme; the other costs incurred to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35545/08]

Minister for Finance (Deputy Brian Lenihan)

The breakdown of expenditure incurred to date on the acquisition of properties outside of Dublin under the decentralisation programme is detailed in the following tabular statement.

The table does not include approximately €24m expended in respect of furniture, total rent, VAT on fit outs, surveys and fees, per cent for art scheme and other property related miscellaneous expenditure.

Location	Occupier	Site acquisition costs	Annual lease/rent	Project construction costs to date	Fit Out costs excl VAT, fees and Furniture
		€	€	€	€
Athlone	Dept. of Education & Science (includes local office rationalisation)		None	12,489,489.00
Athy	Revenue Commissioners		231,554.00		493,000.00
Ballina	Road Safety Authority		151,641.00		319,000.00
Buncrana	Dept. of Social and Family Affairs	1,105,860.00	None	2,372,671.00
Carlow	Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment	1,440,000.00	None	28,000.00
Carlow	Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment		369,436.00		2,068,000.00
Carrick-on-Shannon	Dept. of Social and Family Affairs		800,000.00		4,331,000.00
Cavan	Dept. of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and HIQA	2,900,000.00	None
Cavan (4)	Dept. of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources		102,818.00		196,000.00
Claremorris	OPW plus local staff of Dept. Agriculture, D/SFA, PSA and Courthouse	2,500,000.00	None
Claremorris	OPW		68,712.00		725,106.00
Clonakilty	Dept. of Agriculture, BIM & Others	2,875,000.00	None	12,932,941.00
Clonakilty (Lease 1)	Dept. of Agriculture, BIM & Others		157,480.00		118,855.00
Clonakilty (Lease 2)	Dept. of Agriculture, BIM & Others		118,910.00		116,744.00
Drogheda	SFA, CIB, (& Courts Service)	12,400,000.00	None
Dundalk	Sustainable Energy Ireland		96,000.00		190,000.00
Dungarvan	OSI	2,100,000.00	None
Edenderry	Dept. of Education & Science	1,500,000.00	None
Furbo	Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs		None	2,805,325.00
Furbo	Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs		24,382.00		22,000.00
Killarney	Dept. of Arts, Sport and Tourism	4,500,000.00	None	13,972,099.00
Killarney	Dept. of Arts, Sport and Tourism		140,000.00		64,000.00
Kilrush	Revenue Commissioners		85,050.00		411,000.00
Limerick	Dept. Of Foreign Affairs		833,112.00	6,086,000.00
Limerick	Dept. Of Foreign Affairs		128,694.00
Listowel	Revenue Commissioners		183,000.00		1,352,000.00

Location	Occupier	Site acquisition costs	Annual lease/rent	Project construction costs to date	Fit Out costs excl VAT, fees and Furniture
		€	€	€	€
Longford	Irish Prisons Service	576,250.00	None	18,478,714.00
Loughrea	Transport		139,235.00		572,000.00
Mullingar	Dept. of Education & Science	8,250,000.00	None	20,559.00
Navan	Dept. of Justice, Equality and Law Reform		440,000.00		3,093,740.00
Navan	Revenue Commissioners		575,360.00		2,135,235.00
Newbridge	Department of Defence	6,300,000.00	None	5,757,000.00
Newcastlewest	Revenue Commissioners	325,000.00	None	2,141,110.00
Newcastlewest	Revenue Commissioners		68,771.00
Portarlington	NCCA, DATA PC, Equality Tribunal, NEWB		73,500.00
Portlaoise (Lease 2)	Dept. of Agriculture		264,640.00		106,000.00
Portlaoise (Lease 1)	Dept. of Agriculture		191,000.00
Portlaoise (Lease 3)	Dept. of Agriculture		75,000.00
Portlaoise (Lease 4)	NCCA, Equality Tribunal		69,661.00		357,952.00
Portlaoise	Dept. of Agriculture	1,027,636.00	None	1,247,148.00
Roscommon	Land Registry	3,000,000.00	None
Roscrea	Equality Authority, Garda Authority (Ombudsman)		108,000.00
Sligo	Dept. of Social and Family Affairs		None	12,595,481.00
Sligo	Dept. of Social and Family Affairs		27,926.00
Thomastown	H.S.A.	1,800,000.00	None
Thurles (Lease 1)	Garda Fines Office — Temporary Accommodation		186,186.00		1,267,000.00
Thurles (Lease 2)	Garda Vetting Unit		66,254.00		262,271.00
Thurles	Garda Branches plus Revenue Commissioners and DSFA	967,500.00	None
Tipperary Town (Lease 1)	Private Security Authority		108,200.00
Tipperary Town	Private Security Authority		None	3,349,429.00
Tipperary Town (Lease 2)	Dept. of Justice / INIS		103,597.00		800,693.00

Location	Occupier	Site acquisition costs	Annual lease/rent	Project construction costs to date	Fit Out costs excl VAT, fees and Furniture
		€	€	€	€
Tipperary Town	Dept. of Justice / INIS	1,625,000.00	None
Trim	OPW		67,752.00		43,000.00
Trim	OPW	3,600,000.00	None	12,500,000.00
Knock	Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	390,000.00	None
Tubbercurry (Lease 1)	Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs		86,755.00		81,000.00
Tubbercurry (Lease 2)	Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs		88,138.00		321,318.00
Tullamore	Dept. Of Finance (building purchased)	10,034,000.00	None
Waterford	Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government	8,000,000.00	None
Wexford	Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government	3,500,000.00	None	6,860,000.00
Wexford	Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government		75,000.00		206,000.00
TOTALS		80,716,246.00	6,305,764.00	113,635,966.00	19,652,914.00

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

224 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the progress or plans made on the further large disposals of property in Dublin planned for 2009, as referred to in the July 2007 Progress Report of the Decentralisation Implementation Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35546/08]

Minister of State at the Department of Finance (Deputy Martin Mansergh)

The Commissioners of Public Works have no plans at present for the disposal of further properties in Dublin in 2009.

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

225 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the annual costs incurred by his Department in the implementation of the decentralisation scheme for each of the past four years, broken down between property and non-property costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35555/08]

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

226 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the progress made by his Department on implementing the decentralisation scheme, including the number of staff who have moved under the scheme and the property bought or rented outside Dublin under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35570/08]

Minister for Finance (Deputy Brian Lenihan)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 225 and 226 together.

The following table sets out the non-property costs incurred by my Department and the agencies under the aegis of my Department.

Department/Agency	2005	2006	2007	End June 2008
	€	€	€	€
Finance	117,669	403,353	220,487	Nil
Revenue	65,156	148,521	668,880	22,398
Office of Public Works (OPW)	Nil	512	2,703	499
Valuation Office	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Public Appointments Service (PAS)	3,734	767	Nil	806

The PAS had incurred expenditure in the amount of €502,785 in relation to the staffing of the Central Applications Facility to facilitate the decentralisation programme, up to end June 2008.

I am informed by the OPW that the following table contains the property costs for my Department and the agencies under the aegis of my Department to date. The table also sets out details of staff who have re-located under the decentralisation scheme to end September 2008.

Location	Occupier	Number of staff relocated up to 30 Sept 2008	Site acquisition costs	Annual lease/rent	Project construction costs to date	Fit Out costs excl VAT, fees and Furniture
			€	€	€	€
Kilrush	Revenue Commissioners	57	Nil	85,050	Nil	411,000
Navan	Revenue Commissioners	103	Nil	575,360	Nil	2,135,235
Newcastle West (Advance Office)	Revenue Commissioners	48	Nil	68,771	Nil	Nil
Newcastle West	Revenue Commissioners		325,000	Nil	2,141,110	Nil
Athy	Revenue Commissioners	73	Nil	231,554	Nil	493,000
Listowel	Revenue Commissioners	52	Nil	183,000	Nil	1,352,000
Claremorris (Advance Office)	OPW	29	Nil	68,712	Nil	725,106
Claremorris	OPW plus others		2,500,000	Nil	Nil	Nil
Trim (Advance Office)	OPW	31	Nil	67,752	Nil	43,000
Trim	OPW		3,600,000	Nil	12,500,000	Nil
Tullamore	Finance	127	10,034,000*	Nil

*Includes construction and fit-out costs.

Question No. 227 answered with Question No. 222.

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

228 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the income obtained through the disposal by the Office of Public Works of property in Dublin no longer needed due to the decentralisation programme to date in 2008; the properties sold and the price obtained for each property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35597/08]

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

229 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance if property disposals referred to in his reply to Parliamentary Question Nos. 111, 121, 146, 149, 263, 264 and 265 of 30 January 2008 have occurred to date in 2008; the detail of each one and the income received; if there remain other further ongoing large property disposals planned for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35598/08]

Minister of State at the Department of Finance (Deputy Martin Mansergh)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together.

The Commissioners of Public Works have not disposed of any property in Dublin in 2008 which was no longer needed due to the decentralisation programme. It would be inappropriate at this stage to indicate publicly property disposals planned for the future.