Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 June 2019
229. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of renting, leasing and hiring office space for his Department including public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25912/19]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables.
2015
| Office space | Rented/leased/hired | Cost |
| Mellows Campus Athenry | Leased | €100,000 |
| Appeals Office Kilminchy Court Portlaoise | Leased | €84,051 |
| Eircom Building Portlaoise | Leased | €118,000 |
| Sustainable Food Systems Ireland East Point Business Park | Rented | €30,000 |
2016
| Office space | Rented/leased/hired | Cost |
| Mellows Campus Athenry | Leased | €100,000 |
| Rosslare Harbour | Leased | €4,500 |
| Appeals Office Kilminchy Court Portlaoise | Leased | €84,051 |
| Eircom Building Portlaoise | Leased | €88,500 |
| Sustainable Food Systems Ireland East Point Business Park | Rented | €30,000 |
2017
| Office space | Rented/leased/hired | Cost |
| Mellows Campus Athenry | Leased | €100,000 |
| Rosslare Harbour | Leased | €6,000 |
| Appeals Office Kilminchy Court Portlaoise | Leased | €84,051 |
| Eircom Building Portlaoise | Leased | €118,000 |
| Sustainable Food Systems Ireland East Point Business Park | Rented | €30,000 |
2018
| Office space | Rented/leased/hired | Cost |
| Mellows Campus Athenry | Leased | €100,000 |
| Rosslare Harbour | Leased | €6,000 |
| Appeals Office Kilminchy Court, Portlaoise | Leased | €84,051 |
| Eircom Building Portlaoise | Leased | €123,672 |
| Sustainable Food Systems Ireland East Point Business Park | Rented | €30,000 |
2019
| Office space | Rented/leased/hired | Cost |
| Mellows Campus Athenry | Leased | €25,000* |
| Rosslare Harbour | Leased | €3,000* |
| Appeals Office Kilminchy Court Portlaoise | Leased | €63,038* |
| Eircom Building Portlaoise | Leased | €105,517* |
| Sustainable Food Systems Ireland East Point Business Park | Rented | €7,500* |
As regards the twelve State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves and I have therefore referred the Deputy’s question to the agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.
