Batt O'Keeffe
Ceist:144 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications if he will confirm that no proposal was ever submitted to CIE to purchase the Horgan Quay site in Cork. [13742/95]
Written Answers. - Horgan Quay (Cork) Site.
Batt O'Keeffe
Ceist:145 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications if a proposal was submitted by Cork Corporation to purchase the Horgan Quay site. [13743/95]
Batt O'Keeffe
Ceist:146 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the valuation set by independent valuers on the Horgan Quay site, Cork, prior to planning permission; that set subject to planning permission; and the comparative valuation given to CIE as against that offered for the site. [13744/95]
I proposed to take Questions Nos. 144, 145 and 146 together.
Under the Transport Acts, the board of CIE may dispose, whether absolutely or for a term of years or for any lesser period, of any property which in the opinion of the board is not required by it for the discharge of its duties. I have no function in relation to individual property disposals by the CIE board.
I have made inquiries with CIE in relation to the matters raised by the Deputy. I can confirm that, in addition to a number of expressions of interest, there was a proposal for the acquisition of the Horgan's Quay site at a price of £200,000 per acre which was accepted by the board of CIE. Prior to the making of this proposal CIE had obtained an independent valuation report which valued the site at £150,000 per acre. Cork Corporation did not submit any proposal to acquire the Horgan's Quay site.