Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 26 Nov 2002

Vol. 558 No. 1

Written Answers. - Departmental Properties.

Eamon Ryan

Ceist:

428 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total number of his Department's car parking spaces, for both staff and visitors, located within Dublin city centre, from the Grand Canal on the southside to the Royal Canal on the northside with Heuston Station and the Phoenix Park being the extent of the western boundary. [23359/02]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell)

The information required by the Deputy is set out in the following tabular statement:

Name of Office	No. of Staff Car Parking Spaces	No. of Visitors' Car Parking Spaces
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Head Office, St. Stephen's Green	102	15
Mespil Rd	19
Harcourt Centre	3
Burgh Quay	10
Legal Aid Board
HQ – St. Stephen's Green House	15
Ormond Quay Law Centre	2
Gardiner St. Law Centre	4
Mount St. Law Centre	20
Smithfield Law Centre	2
Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner
Timberlay House	29
Grand Canal St.	29
Hanover St.	15
Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal	2
Film Censors Office	9	1
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner	3
State Pathology Service	1
Reception and Integration Agency	5
Office of Censorship of Publications	1
Refugee Appeals Tribunal	32
Land Registry
Chancery St.	17
Setanta Centre	29
Registry of Deeds	31
Irish Life	13
The Irish Prison Service
Mountjoy Prison Complex	370
Arbour Hill Prison	25
The Probation and Welfare Service	47
The Inspectorate of Prisons and Places of Detention	6

As Minister, I have no official responsibility to the Dáil in relation to operational matters with regard to the courts service which is, of course, independent in the performance of its functions. I have, however, in this instance, for the sake of completeness, sought relevant information from the service. In this regard, I am advised that the service has a total of 213 car parking spaces in the area referred to. It is also understood that there are a number of spaces in the Four Courts complex allocated to the Land Registry and the Law Library.