Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 November 2020
225. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has lease arrangements with co-working real estate companies; and, if so, the details of the leases, including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35857/20]
View answerMy Department leases office space from co-working real estate companies in two locations: Cardiff, UK and Frankfurt, Germany.
The current lease agreement with Regus for the temporary Consulate General in Cardiff is on a monthly rolling basis since April 2019 and has costed €87,1000 till end October 2020.
The current lease agreement with WeWork for the temporary Consulate General in Frankfurt covers the period from July 2020 to September 2021 and costs €82,920.
Both of these locations are new Missions opened as part of the Governments, Global Ireland - Ireland's Global Footprint to 2025 strategy to expand and deepen Ireland's international presence across a number of priority regions.
Office space in each location is leased for the purposes of providing a temporary location for each Mission while work on securing a permanent location is undertaken.
