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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 June 2011

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Questions (126, 127)

Sean Fleming

Question:

149 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide each and every rental saving achieved by the Office of Public Works as referred to at page 11 of the First Progress Report of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 together with details of the amount of all one off costs and expenses associated with each rental saving listing the name of the property, the rental saving in respect of that property, the costs and expenses in connection therewith and the replacement properties used or required in each case in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17424/11]

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Written answers

In 2010 the Office of Public Works surrendered office accommodation yielding a rental saving of €8.75m per annum. The leases concerned are scheduled in the following table:

PROPERTY

RENT € PER ANNUM

NEW REPLACEMENT REQUIRED

COMMENTS

ACHILL GAELTACHT AFFAIRS

2,679

NO

ARKLOW NORTH QUAY

9,523

NO

ATHLONE OPW STORE

6,400

NO

ATHLONE PROBATION SERVICE

110,472

Moved into leased building — see comments in following table.

ATHLONE PROBATION CAR PARK

3,360

Moved into leased building — see comments in following table.

BANDON WEIR ST DESMOND

13,967

BUNBEG TEMP GARDA STATION

6,674

NO

BUNCRANA SWO ST MARYS ROAD

34,000

Moved to Decentralised office

CASTLEREA THE SQUARE AHGI

6,603

NO

CAVAN TEMP DSFA OFFICE

60,000

NO

CLANWILLIAM COURT BLK1 F3/4

480,000

NO

CLARE ST 22-25

670,375

Building Purchased — See Comments in following table

CLONDALKIN MONASTERY ROAD

570,000

Moved to Decentralised office in Longford — Negotiated buy-out of Lease — See Comments in following table

DUNDALK EARL HOUSE

177,763

NO

GALWAY HIBERNIAN HOUSE FLR1

27,299

Moved to regional leased office in Fairgreen, Galway — see following table

GALWAY HIBERNIAN HOUSE FLR 1

31,696

Moved to regional leased office in Fairgreen, Galway — see following table

GALWAY HIBERNIAN HOUSE FLR 2

54,281

Moved to regional leased office in Fairgreen, Galway — see following table

GALWAY HIBERNIAN HOUSE FLR 3/4

150,375

Moved to regional leased office in Fairgreen, Galway — see following table

GALWAY ROSS HOUSE FLR 3

81,281

NO

GRAND CANAL ST LR 1

1,995,000

NO

HARCOURT ST 71

200,000

NO

HARCOURT ST 72-74

1,419,143

NO

IRISH LIFE BLOCKS 4/5

273,000

NO

KILLARNEY BOWLERS GARAGE

9,100

Moved to Decentralised office

KILLARNEY SWLO

18,000

NO

LE POLE HOUSE

306,759

NO

LETTERKENNY NEPS TEMP OFFICE

6,896

NO

LONGFORD VRT

12,825

NO

LYON/FINDLATER HOUSE FLR 1&2

533,290

NO

LYON/FINDLATER HOUSE FLR5

7,618

NO

MALLOW O’BRIEN ST 25

32,000

NO

MAYNOOTH BUSINESS CAMPUS

940,626

NO

Negotiated buy-out of Lease — See Comments in following table

MERRION SQ 24 THE MEWS

68,210

Moved to Decentralised office in Portlaoise

MET EIREANN CORK AIRPORT

1,944

NO

NAVAN VRO CAR PARK

4,680

NO

SCURLOCKSTOWN UNIT 1

67,752

Moved to Decentralised office

SLIGO BRIDGE STREET 2

32,000

NO

SLIGO CUSTOM HSE QUAY VRT

15,000

NO

SLIGO WESTWARD TOWN CENTRE

34,753

NO

Negotiated buy-out of Lease — See Comments in following table

SUN ALLIANCE HOUSE UNITS 10-11 (part surrender)

161,000

NO

Negotiated buy-out of Lease — See Comments in following table

WEXFORD TEMP DECENT OFFICE 1

75,000

Moved to Decentralised office

WEXFORD TEMP DECENT OFFICE 2

33,336

Moved to Decentralised office

The following table lists the financial values pertinent to lease buy-outs; building acquisition and move to alternative leased building:

Premises

Cost of Lease Buy-Out (unless otherwise stated) €

Rental Savings Arising (based on remaining lease term) €

ATHLONE PROBATION SERVICE

113, 832 (previous rent)

86, 298 (new rent)

** CLARE ST 22-25

5,650,000 (purchase amount)

3,073,000

CLONDALKIN MONASTERY ROAD

1,447,270

9,025,000

MAYNOOTH BUSINESS CAMPUS

1,185,678

1,250,106

SLIGO WESTWARD TOWN CENTRE

100,000

101,150

SUN ALLIANCE HOUSE UNITS 10-11(part surrender)

555,000

936,000

GALWAY HIBERNIAN HOUSE

263,651 (previous rent)

371,439 (new rent)

TOTAL

9,315,431

14,842,293

The cost of dilapidation associated with the lease buy-outs amounted to €2,641,187. While the saving in the previous table is of the order of €5.5m.

** 22-25 Clare Street was purchased at a very favourable price in December 2010.

Sean Fleming

Question:

150 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide each and every procurement savings achieved by the Office of Public Works as referred to at page 11 of the First Progress Report of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17426/11]

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In 2010, the National Procurement Service secured savings of €8.8 million under the 2009 Expenditure Reduction Initiative. This was achieved by requesting Public Bodies to negotiate a reduction of up to 8% on all contracts for goods and services above €100k and where legally feasible. A breakdown of the 2010 Procurement savings is set out in the following table. Savings of €39 million refers to a direct reduction on all procurement budgets in 2010 as directed by the Department of Finance. The National Procurement Service worked closely with all public bodies in order to assist them to operate within this reduced allocation.

Sector

Savings €

Food / Catering Services /Drinking water

23,867

Training / Education / Mentoring Services

127,523

Building Security Services / Fire Prevention

191,500

Advertising/ Marketing / PR/ Media / Photography

203,057

Printing / Publishing / Design / Photocopying

6,935

Off Site Storage / Archiving / Record Management

15,000

Cleaning/Janitorial

705,798

Professional Services (Consultancy / Project Management / Legal / Advisory/ Auctioneer / Architect/Archaeological/ Quantity Surveying)

86,858

Insurance

2,834

Waste Disposal

55,230

Medical Supplies

288,861

Energy

492,000

Transport

15,333

IT & ICT Consumables

982,143

Plant & Equipment

66,000

Telephony

178,147

Furniture

107,550

Travel – air, bus, taxi etc. / Parking

20,496

Fuel / Electricity

780,283

Uniforms / Clothing

691,187

General Maintenance /Refurbishment / Landscaping / Signage

15,217

Facility Management

44,070

Miscellaneous

3,688,656

Total

8,788,545

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