My Department has suffered no loss of assets through fire, theft or flooding during the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007. However, I have been informed by the Revenue Commissioners that during the period in question a number of laptops with a replacement value of approximately €17,000 inclusive of VAT were stolen from Revenue Offices. The thefts were reported to Gardaí for investigation.
In relation to the Office of Public Works I have been informed that timber storage sheds were damaged in St. Stephen's Green in 2006 following an arson attack with the loss of assets amounting to €13,000 approx. There have been two instances of apparent malpractice at heritage sites involving admission fees totalling over €30,000 during this period and these are the subject of ongoing separate Garda investigations. There have been a number of incidents of floods at various heritage sites without any tangible loss of assets.