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Decentralisation Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 November 2008

Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Questions (132, 133)

John Deasy

Question:

210 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Finance the number of sites and buildings designated for decentralisation that have been acquired by the State; the amount each site or property cost the State; and when it was acquired. [39285/08]

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Written answers

Details of the sites and buildings acquired under the decentralisation programme, the costs incurred to date, and when they were acquired, are outlined in the following table.

Location

Occupier

Site acquisition costs

Annual lease/rent

Project construction costs to date

Fit Out costs excl VAT, fees and Furniture

Year Acquired

Athlone

Dept. of Education & Science (includes local office rationalisation)

None

12,489,489

State Owned

Athy

Revenue Commissioners

231,554

493,000

2007

Ballina

Road Safety Authority

151,641

319,000

2006

Buncrana

Dept. of Social and Family Affairs

1,105,860

None

2,372,671

2005

Carlow

Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

1,440,000

None

28,000

2005

Carlow

Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

369,436

2,068,000

2007

Carrick-on-Shannon

Dept. of Social and Family Affairs

800,000

4,331,000

2007

Cavan

Dept. of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and HIQA

2,900,000

None

2006

Cavan (4)

Dept. of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

102,818

196,000

2006

Claremorris

OPW plus local staff of Dept. Agriculture, D/SFA, PSA and Courthouse

2,500,000

None

2007

Claremorris

OPW

68,712

725,106

2007

Clonakilty

Dept. of Agriculture, BIM & Others

2,875,000

None

12,932,941

2005

Clonakilty (Lease 1)

Dept. of Agriculture, BIM & Others

157,480

118,855

2006

Clonakilty (Lease 2)

Dept. of Agriculture, BIM & Others

118,910

116,744

2006

Cork

HIQA

370,420

884,049

2008

Drogheda

SFA, CIB, (& Courts Service)

12,400,000

None

2007

Dundalk

Sustainable Energy Ireland

96,000

190,000

2008

Dungarvan

OSI

2,100,000

None

2006

Edenderry

Dept. of Education & Science

1,500,000

None

2006

Furbo

Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

None

2,805,325

State Owned

Furbo

Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

24,382

22,000

2004

Location

Occupier

Site acquisition costs

Annual lease/rent

Project construction costs to date

Fit Out costs excl VAT, fees and Furniture

Year Acquired

Killarney

Dept. of Arts, Sport and Tourism

4,500,000

None

13,972,099

2005

Killarney

Dept. of Arts, Sport and Tourism

140,000

64,000

2006

Kilrush

Revenue Commissioners

85,050

411,000

2007

Limerick

Dept. Of Foreign Affairs

833,112

6,086,000

2008

Limerick

Dept. Of Foreign Affairs

128,694

2006

Listowel

Revenue Commissioners

183,000

1,352,000

2007

Longford

Irish Prisons Service

576,250

None

18,478,714

2005

Loughrea

Transport

139,235

572,000

2007

Mullingar

Dept. of Education & Science

8,250,000

None

20,559

2007

Navan

Dept. of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

440,000

3,093,740

2008

Navan

Revenue Commissioners

575,360

2,135,235

2007

Newbridge

Department of Defence

6,300,000

None

5,757,000

2008

Newcastlewest

Revenue Commissioners

325,000

None

2,141,110

2005

Newcastlewest

Revenue Commissioners

68,771

2006

Portarlington

NCCA, DATA PC, Equality Tribunal, NEWB

73,500

2006

Portlaoise (Lease 2)

Dept. of Agriculture

264,640

106,000

2006

Portlaoise (Lease 1)

Dept. of Agriculture

191,000

2005

Portlaoise (Lease 3)

Dept. of Agriculture

75,000

2008

Portlaoise (Lease 4)

NCCA, Equality Tribunal

69,661

357,952

2008

Portlaoise

Dept. of Agriculture

1,027,636

None

1,247,148

2007

Roscommon

Land Registry

3,000,000

None

2007

Roscrea

Equality Authority, Garda Authority (Ombudsman)

108,000

2007

Location

Occupier

Site acquisition costs

Annual lease/rent

Project construction costs to date

Fit Out costs excl VAT, fees and Furniture

Year Acquired

Sligo

Dept. of Social and Family Affairs

None

12,595,481

State Owned

Sligo

Dept. of Social and Family Affairs

27,926

2006

Thomastown

H.S.A.

1,800,000

None

2008

Thurles (Lease 1)

Garda Fines Office — Temporary Accommodation

186,186

1,267,000

2007

Thurles (Lease 2)

Garda Vetting Unit

66,254

262,271

2005

Thurles

Garda Branches plus Revenue Commissioners and DSFA

967,500

None

2005

Tipperary Town (Lease 1)

Private Security Authority

108,200

2005

Tipperary Town

Private Security Authority

None

3,349,429

2006

Tipperary Town (Lease 2)

Dept. of Justice / INIS

103,597

800,693

2008

Tipperary Town

Dept. of Justice / INIS

1,625,000

None

2006

Trim

OPW

67,752

43,000

2007

Trim

OPW

3,600,000

None

12,500,000

2006

Knock

Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

390,000

None

2005

Tubbercurry (Lease 1)

Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

86,755

81,000

2006

Tubbercurry (Lease 2)

Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

88,138

321,318

2008

Tullamore

Dept. Of Finance (building purchased)

10,034,000

None

2006

Waterford

Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

8,000,000

None

2008

Wexford

Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

3,500,000

None

6,860,000

2007

Wexford

Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

75,000

206,000

2007

TOTALS

80,716,246

6,305,764

113,635,966

19,652,914

John Deasy

Question:

211 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Finance the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings acquired; and the cost for each individual location. [39286/08]

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The following table sets out the non-property costs incurred by my Department and the bodies under the aegis of my Department for the decentralisation process broken down by location to end September 2008.

Department/Body

Location

Cost

Finance

Tullamore

741,509

Revenue

Kilrush

130,218

Listowel

130,590

Navan

183,810

Athy

123,574

Non-salary administrative costs for all locations

448,990

Office of Public Works (OPW)

Trim

21,622

Claremorris

Kanturk

Public Appointments Service (PAS)

Youghal

5,307

Valuation Office

Youghal

Nil

Up to the end of September 2008 my Department has incurred expenditure in the amount of €492,696 in relation to the Decentralisation Implementation Group and €1,864,429 in relation to the Central Decentralisation Unit. The PAS has incurred expenditure in the amount of €533,509 in relation to the staffing of the Central Applications Facility to facilitate the decentralisation programme. The OPW have incurred €268,151 for travel and subsistence in connection with the overall decentralisation programme. Details of the staffing costs and a breakdown by location of the above non-property costs incurred by the OPW in connection with the overall decentralisation programme to end September 2008, will be forwarded directly to the Deputy.

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