Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2023
273. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will ensure that car parking facilities will be maintained for Department of Social Protection staff at Thomas Ashe Street, Cavan town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54847/23]
View answerThe Commissioners of Public Works (OPW) lease part of a building in Cavan town that is allocated to the Department of Social Protection. This lease included the use of 15 car parking spaces on a site across the road from the office. Earlier this year the landlord advised the OPW that the car park site was being sold to the County Council, consequently staff would no longer be able to use the car park once the sale completed.
It is the OPW policy that car parking is leased only when it forms part of a building lease and new leases or licences for stand-alone parking are not entered into. The OPW will review parking facilities at other owned and leased properties in Cavan town to establish if there are surplus parking spaces that can be allocated to staff affected by the sale of this car park.
