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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 30 Sep 2003

Vol. 571 No. 1

Written Answers. - State Properties.

Mary Upton

Ceist:

165 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Finance the progress made to date by the Office of Public Works in its examination of the State property portfolio with a view to identifying vacant, under-utilised or surplus property; when he expects that the examination will be concluded; the properties which have so far been sold or identified as being suitable for sale; if the Office of Public Works has advised that it is unlikely to seek to dispose of significant amounts of State property in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20775/03]

The examination of the State property portfolio by the Commissioners of Public Works with a view to identifying vacant, under-utilised or surplus property is an ongoing process.

To date, it has produced a number of properties deemed suitable for disposal/redevelopment. These are as follows: (a) Devereaux Hotel, this has been recently sold; (b) Lad Lane, Baggot Street, formerly the maintenance depot for the building maintenance services of Office of Public Works, it is intended to sell this property on the open market, at the appropriate time; (c) (1) St. Johns Road-Military Road; a planning application was submitted to Dublin City Council on 12 June 2003 for a mixed-use development, on a site jointly owned by Office of Public Works and Eircom, at St. John's Road West-Military Road near Heuston Station. Dublin City Council sought further information, on foot of the application, on 5 August. This office is currently preparing a response to the city council; (2) In addition to the St. John's Road West-Military Road planning application, an application will be submitted, before year end, for a mixed-use development, on an adjacent site, wholly owned by State bodies, at Military Road-St. John's Road; (d) Infirmary Road East, which was formerly used by the Department of Defence. In accordance with a Government decision it has been decided to develop it for affordable housing; (e) Jamestown Road, Inchicore, currently the location for Office of Public Works's central engineering workshop – this site also will be used for affordable housing purposes; (f) a number of smaller properties, e.g. former Garda stations, have been disposed of or are in the process of being disposed of. It is planned to bring forward a number of other properties for disposal over the next 12 months. The exact timetable will be dependent on market conditions.
Question No. 166 answered with Question No. 148.
Question No. 167 answered with Question No. 149.
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