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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 30 Oct 1996

Vol. 470 No. 7

Written Answers. - Car Parking.

Eoin Ryan

Ceist:

76 Mr. E. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the number and locations of all car parking spaces used by the staff of each Department and the agencies under their remit in Dublin city centre within the canals; if these spaces are used on a pre-allotted basis or on a first come basis; if on a pre-allotted basis, the criteria used for selection, such as grade or seniority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19876/96]

The following is the position in relation to car-parking by Government Departments in Dublin city centre.

Department/Agencies

Location

No. of Spaces

Criteria for allocation of Spaces

Enterprise and Employment

Kildare Street Setanta Centre Adelaide Road Charlemont Street

12 15 44 22

All spaces are allocated on a pre-allotted basis. The criteria used varies from office to office. The different criteria include seniority, seniority in terms of length of service at a particular office, rota systems and a combination of these. The Minister has no function in relation to allocation of spaces used by the various State Bodies under the aegis of this Department.

Bodies under the Aegis of the Department Patents Office

Merrion Square/South Frederick Street

27

Competition Authority

Irish Life Centre

5

Companies Office

Dublin Castle

14

Registrar of Friendly Societies

Dublin Castle

6

Office of Consumer Affairs

Harcourt Road

9

Total

154

Tourism and Trade

Kildare Street

6

A number of factors are taken into

Setanta Centre

10

account in allocating these spaces including grade, seniority and hours of attendance in the case of some staff.

Total

16

Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Dún Aimhirgin, Mespil Road

13

Spaces in Mespil Road are allocated to Senior management and Ministerial

Baggot Street

10

Advisers who applied for spaces. 3 spaces are shared. 3 spaces reserved for Senior Management in Baggot Street and the remainder allocated to staff who applied on a shared basis.

Total

23

Marine

Lesson Lane

39

Seven spaces reserved for Minister, Minister for State, Senior Management, Welfare Officer and disabled.

Defence

Park House

39

A total of 39 car parking spaces are available. All spaces are pre-allotted; 27 are assigned to senior civil and military personnel; 12 spaces are allocated on a 3 month rotational basis among other civil staff.

Department of Finance

Government Buildings Fitzwilliam Lane

6 39

All reserved by grade. 3 reserved — one by grade, one on basis of disability and one by reference to post held. 36 first come first served.

73-79 Lower Mount Street

39

6 reserved — for by grade, one on basis of disability and one by reference to domestic circumstances. 33 first come first served.

South Frederick Street

20

4 reserved — one by reference to grade and three for EU Evaluation and Information Units. 16 first come first served.

Setanta Centre

13

2 reserved — one by grade and one on basis of disability. 11 first come basis.

Office of Public Works

51-52 St. Stephen's Green

50

Spaces are allocated on an average of two staff per space and are used by a pool of staff on a first come, first served, basis. One space is allotted by grade-Chairman. All others are assigned by order of application with preference given to Commissioners and equivalent grades, travelling officers (Clerks of Worksm Surveyors, etc.) and on grounds of health (disabled staff).

13-15 Lr. Hatch Street

9

17-19 Lr.Hatch Street

20

Bishop Street

15

73 Lr. Baggot Street

7

Agriculture House

4

Fitwilliam Lane

2

4-5 Harcourt Road

9

Civil Service Commission

Lr. Grand Canal Street

28

9 reserved by grade. 19 pre-allocated on

basis of a waiting list.

Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Dublin Castle

174

Pre-allocated on basis of waiting list with reference to grade and priority for disabled.

Castle House

90

As above.

Clanwilliam Court

25

Pre-allocated on basis of waiting list.

Apollo Court

46

Pre-allocated on basis of waiting list.

6 Harcourt Road

6

First come basis.

1-2 Grand Canal Street

20

Pre-allocated on the basis of needs identified by local management.

Lower Mount Street

38

Pre-allocated on the basis of needs identified by local management.

Hawkins House

51

Pre-allocated on the basis of needs identified by local management.

Irish Life Centre

11

Pre-allocated on the basis of needs identified by local management.

Findlater House

20

Pre-allocated on the basis of needs identified by local management.

Setanta Centre

35

Pre-allocated on the basis of needs identified by local management.

9-15 Upper O'Connell Street

65

Pre-allocated on the basis of needs identified by local management.

85-93 Lower Mount Street

28

Pre-allocated on the basis of needs identified by local management.

Custom House

60

4 reserved by grade and 2 for official vehicles.

Valuation Office

Rear of 5, 7 & 7 Ely Place

34

First come basis.

Office of the Ombudsman

58 St. Stephen's Green

14

4 reserved by grade. 10 first come first served.

Total

969

Environment

Customs House

90

Limited number reserved for Minister, Senior Staff, disabled and visitors; balance on first come basis.

Total

90

Education

Apollo House

10

Spaces allotted on a pre-allocated basis. Staff apply in writing and allocated spaces on the basis of waiting lists. Some spaces are allocated on a grade basis

Hawkins House

22

Irish Life Centre

17

Marlborough Street

170

NCCA

Dublin Castle

4

Total

223

Foreign Affairs

Harcourt Street

22

Spaces pre-allocated to officers of Assistant Secretary Rank and above, and to Private Secretaries to Ministers. Remaining spaces allotted on basis of written application from staff on a waiting list basis.

Iveagh House

35

Setanta/Molesworth

13

72-76 St. Stephen's Green

26

Hainault House

13

Total

109

Agencies under Department's Remit:

Refugee Agency

9 Marlborough St.

3

Spaces allocated on a first come first

A.P.S.O.

29/30 Fitzwilliam Sq.

11

served basis.

Total

123

Social Welfare:

Headquarters Offices & Social Welfare Local

Marlboro St.

40

In general, it is the policy, as far as possible, to make car parking spaces available on a first come first served basis. Spaces are reserved for disabled staff and in some cases for staff who are required to use their cars for official business. Allocations are generally made on a seniority basis only where spaces are in short supplu and access to car parks must be limited to designated vehicles for security or other reasons.

Offices:

Gandon House,

20

Amiens St.

Goldsmith House,

28

Pearse St.

Townsend St.

21

Oisin House

86

Pearse St.

Earlsfort Tee.

2

North Cumberland St.

14

Tara Street

8

Thomas Street

8

Bodies under the Aegis of the Department:

Combat Poverty Agency,

Bridgewater Centre, Islandbridge.

8

National Social Services Board

Baggot St.

16

The Pension Board

Holles Street

7

Total

258

Taoiseach/Tánaiste

Government Bldgs.

24

Pre-allocated to staff on a waiting list.

73 Merrion Square

12

Frederick House

Agencies under Aegis of Department:

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

Government Bldges.

3

Allocated on a rota system among 8 senior staff.

Law Reform Commission

Ardilaun Centre, St. Stephen's Green

2

Assigned to two Commissioners.

C.S.S.O

Osmond House

16

Allocated on a combination of grade and seniority.

National Economic Social Council

Dublin Castle

3

Pre-allocated on a seniority basis.

Central Statistics Office

Earlsfort Tee.

31

23 are pre-allocated on a length of service basis and long standing parking rights. 8 others are allocated on the combination of a rota and first come first served basis.

Total

91

Equality & Law Reform

Mespil Road

10

7 spaces allocated to senior staff. 1 space reserved for a staff member with a disability. 2 spaces allocated amongst 13 staff on a pre-booking basis.

Rear of 73 Lower Baggot Street

8

Allocated on a four week rota system amongst 18 staff.

Agencies under Aegis of Department:

Legal Aid Board

St. Stephen's Green House

15

Allocated to its staff on a pre-allotted

Law Centre

Mount St.

5

basis. As staff are recruited to the Legal Aid board they are placed on a waiting list in chronological order. As spaces become vacant the next staff member at the top of the list is allocated the space. At present the first fifteen staff members on the list have a permanent parking space. The remainder use 5 spaces available at the Upper Mount St. Law Centre.

Law Centre

Mount St.

4

Used by solicitors on a pre-allotted basis.

Law Centre

Gardnier St.

6

Used by solicitors on a pre-allotted basis.

Law Centre

Jervis St.

1

Pre-allotted to solicitors from Lower Ormond Quay Law Centre.

Family Mediation Service

Irish Life Centre

6

Spaces sufficient for the number of staff employed in the Service so allocation necessary.

Total

55

Justice

72-76 St. Stephen's Green Harcourt Centre

96 4

42 spaces pre-allotted to officers who need to use their cars for work related reasons. (Grade can also be a factor in the allocation of the spaces.) The remainder are available to staff in the Department and to visitation on a first come first served basis.

The Department advises that information in respect of the various agencies within its Department remit would have to be specially compiled. Having regard to the number of such agencies and the number of locations involved, it would require the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time to assemble the information sought by the Deputy.

Total

100

Agriculture Food & Forestry:

Agriculture House

147

76 on grade basis. 63 for quarterly

partners (i.e. 3 months parking twice

yearly) on a first come basis and 8 spaces for visitors.

Dairy Science Laboratory, Harcourt St.

8

First come basis.

An Bord Bia

Land Commission Records, Bishop St. Dublin 8.

6

First come basis.

Lr. Mount St.

29

11 on a grade basis, 12 on a first come basis and 6 spaces for visitors.

Forest Service, Leeson Lane, Dublin 2

32

First come, first served basis.

Coillte Teoranta

Leeson Lane, Dublin 2

26

First come, first served basis.

Total

248

Transport, Energy & Communications

25 Clare St.

17

Spaces are assigned to staff on the basis. of grade (D.E.O./A.O. and above). The Department has no function in relation to the day to day operations of agencies under its aegis.

7 Ely Place Findlater House

7 7

Frederick Bldg.

10

44 Kildare St. & Nassau Bldg.

50

Total

91

Dept of Health

Hawkins House

45

17 special reserved for Minister, Ministers of State and Advisers, Senior Officials and visitors. A pooling arrangement operates.

College House

26

For the remaining spaces on the basis of seniority, use of cars.

Joyce House

5

For Official business, and disabled drivers.

Total

76

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