Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:384 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number in respect of the sections of his Department or boards or agencies operating under the aegis of his Department, it is proposed to decentralise which are currently housed in leased office space or premises; the annual amount paid in rent in each case; when the lease runs out in each case; if there are financial penalties involved in the breaking of the lease in each case; his views on whether it is appropriate that a headquarters of a Department dealing with the marine brief should be located in an inland county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31299/03]