Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 7 September 2018
197. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 12 July 2018 stated that Lauragh Garda station, County Kerry, was sold for €115,000 on 16 February 2016 when the State property register states that the property was sold on that day for €50,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35717/18]
View answerThe former Garda station at Lauragh, Co. Kerry closed in 2013 under the Garda Rationalisation Programme. The Commissioners of Public Works sold the property for €115,000 and the monies were received in March 2016.
The Residential Property Price Register is produced by the Property Services Regulatory Authority pursuant to Section 86 of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. It holds the date of sale, price and address of residential properties purchased since January, 2010, as declared by the purchaser to the Revenue Commissioners for the purposes of Stamp Duty. The data is provided by persons conveyancing a property on behalf of the purchaser. Therefore, the data entered on the Register in this case is not a matter for the Office of Public Works.
