Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 January 2015
196. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the locations of properties that were leased to accommodate the decentralisation during 1997 and 2011; the agreed duration of each lease agreed; the annual amounts paid in respect of each one, the number of decentralised personnel assigned to each location on 31 December 2011 and 31 December 2014. [1006/15]
View answerUnder the Government Decentralised Programme announced in 2003 the Office of Public Works entered into a number of leases to provide office accommodation to house both temporary advance parties and long term permanent office requirements. Many of the short term leases (5 years or under) have been surrendered on completion of permanent office facilities; others have been extended at a reduced rent. As the Decentralisation programme has been terminated, these properties now form part of the State's accommodation portfolio. The current status of the leases, including current annual rent, and the staff capacity provided is set out in the table below.
The number of personnel assigned to each location is a matter for individual occupying Departments.
|
Location |
Annual Rent (ex VAT) |
DEPARTMENT |
Capacity Provided - No of Places |
COMMENTS |
|
Athy |
€231,554.00 |
Revenue Commissioners |
100 |
7 year lease expired, renewal underway. |
|
Ballina |
€442,828.00 |
Road Safety Authority |
142 |
Long term lease 20 yrs |
|
Carlow |
€315,000.00 |
Enterprise Trade & Employment |
100 |
Short term lease, extended. |
|
Carrick on Shannon |
€600,000.00 |
Dept of Social Protection |
186 |
Long term lease 20 yrs |
|
Cavan |
€103,783.37 |
Communications Energy & Natural Resources |
43 |
Short term lease, extended rent reduced. |
|
Claremorris |
€40,000.00 |
Office of Public Works |
40 |
Short term lease, extended rent reduced. |
|
Clonakilty 1 |
€157,480.00 |
Agriculture Food & Rural Development |
100 |
SURRENDERED |
|
Clonakilty 2 |
€118,910.00 |
Agriculture Food & Rural Development |
45 |
SURRENDERED |
|
Cork |
€370,420.00 |
H.I.Q.A. |
100 |
Long term lease 20 yrs |
|
Dundalk |
€51,440.00 |
Sustainable Energy Ireland |
30 |
Short term lease. |
|
Furbo |
€24,382.00 |
Community Rural Gaeltacht Affairs |
13 |
SURRENDERED |
|
Killarney |
€140,00.00 |
Arts Sport & Tourism |
70 |
SURRENDERED |
|
Kilrush |
€85,050.00 |
Revenue Commissioners |
65 |
Long term lease 20 yrs |
|
Knock(Tubbercurry) |
€75,000.00 |
Community Rural Gaeltacht Affairs |
60 |
1 lease surrendered, 1 short term extended |
|
Limerick ( Foreign Affairs) |
€900,000.00 |
Dept of Foreign Affairs |
130 |
Long term lease 20 yrs |
|
Limerick ( Foreign. Aff) |
€128,694.00 |
Dept of Foreign Affairs |
55 |
SURRENDERED |
|
Listowel |
€244,923.70 |
Revenue Commissioners |
65 |
Long term lease 20 yrs |
|
Loughrea |
€139,235.00 |
Transport, Road Safety Authority |
50 |
Long term lease 20 yrs |
|
Navan |
€439,921.00 |
Justice Equality & Law Reform |
150 |
Long term lease 20 yrs |
|
Navan |
€575,360.00 |
Revenue Commissioners, The Property Regulator |
130 |
Long term lease 20 yrs |
|
Newcastle West ( Limk) |
€68,771.00 |
Revenue Commissioners |
50 |
SURRENDERED |
|
Portarlington |
€73,500.00 |
Data Protection Commissioner |
22 |
long term lease 20 yrs |
|
Portlaoise |
€776,046.50 |
Agriculture Food & Rural Development, NCCA |
340 |
6 short term leases |
|
Roscrea |
€152,000.00 |
Equality Authority |
22 |
Long term lease 20 yrs |
|
Sligo |
€27,926.00 |
Social Protection |
18 |
SURRENDERED |
|
Thurles 1 |
€124,187.00 |
Justice Equality & Law Reform |
70 |
Short term lease |
|
Thurles 2 |
€94,129.00 |
Justice Equality & Law Reform |
40 |
Short term lease. |
|
Tipperary 1 |
€81,150.00 |
Justice Equality & Law Reform |
60 |
SURRENDERED |
|
Tipperary 2 |
€103,957.00 |
Justice Equality & Law Reform |
70 |
SURRENDERED |
|
Trim |
€67,752.00 |
OPW |
30 |
SURRENDERED |
|
Wexford |
€75,000.00 |
Environment Heritage & Local Government |
44 |
SURRENDERED |
