Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Department of Finance
Departmental Properties
8:00 pm
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide each and every rental saving achieved by the Office of Public Works as referred to at page 11 of the First Progress Report of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 together with details of the amount of all one off costs and expenses associated with each rental saving listing the name of the property, the rental saving in respect of that property, the costs and expenses in connection therewith and the replacement properties used or required in each case in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17424/11]
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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In 2010 the Office of Public Works surrendered office accommodation yielding a rental saving of €8.75m per annum. The leases concerned are scheduled in the following table:
| PROPERTY | RENT € PER ANNUM | NEW REPLACEMENTREQUIRED | COMMENTS |
| ACHILL GAELTACHT AFFAIRS | 2,679 | NO | |
| ARKLOW NORTH QUAY | 9,523 | NO | |
| ATHLONE OPW STORE | 6,400 | NO | |
| ATHLONE PROBATION SERVICE | 110,472 | Moved into leased building – see comments in following table. | |
| ATHLONE PROBATION CAR PARK | 3,360 | Moved into leased building – see comments in following table. | |
| BANDON WEIR ST DESMOND | 13,967 | ||
| BUNBEG TEMP GARDA STATION | 6,674 | NO | |
| BUNCRANA SWO ST MARYS ROAD | 34,000 | Moved to Decentralised office | |
| CASTLEREA THE SQUARE AHGI | 6,603 | NO | |
| CAVAN TEMP DSFA OFFICE | 60,000 | NO | |
| CLANWILLIAM COURT BLK1 F3/4 | 480,000 | NO | |
| CLARE ST 22-25 | 670,375 | Building Purchased - See Comments in following table |
| CLONDALKIN MONASTERY ROAD | 570,000 | Moved to Decentralised office in Longford - Negotiated buy-out of LeaseSee Comments in following table |
| DUNDALK EARL HOUSE | 177,763 | NO |
| GALWAY HIBERNIAN HOUSE FLR1 | 27,299 | Moved to regional leased office in Fairgreen, Galway – see following table |
| GALWAY HIBERNIAN HOUSE FLR1 | 31,696 | Moved to regional leased office in Fairgreen, Galway – see following table |
| GALWAY HIBERNIAN HOUSE FLR2 | 54,281 | Moved to regional leased office in Fairgreen, Galway – see following table |
| GALWAY HIBERNIAN HOUSE FLR3/4 | 150,375 | Moved to regional leased office in Fairgreen, Galway – see following table |
| GALWAY ROSS HOUSE FLR3 | 81,281 | NO |
| GRAND CANAL ST LR 1 | 1,995,000 | NO |
| HARCOURT ST 71 | 200,000 | NO |
| HARCOURT ST 72-74 | 1,419,143 | NO |
| IRISH LIFE BLOCKS 4/5 | 273,000 | NO |
| KILLARNEY BOWLERS GARAGE | 9,100 | Moved to Decentralised office |
| KILLARNEY SWLO | 18,000 | NO |
| LE POLE HOUSE | 306,759 | NO |
| LETTERKENNY NEPS TEMP OFFICE | 6,896 | NO |
| LONGFORD VRT | 12,825 | NO |
| LYON/FINDLATER HOUSE FLR1&2 | 533,290 | NO |
| LYON/FINDLATER HOUSE FLR5 | 7,618 | NO |
| MALLOW O'BRIEN ST 25 | 32,000 | NO | |
| MAYNOOTH BUSINESS CAMPUS | 940,626 | NO | Negotiated buy-out of Lease - See Comments in following table |
| MERRION SQ 24 THE MEWS | 68,210 | Moved to Decentralised office in Portlaoise | |
| MET EIREANN CORK AIRPORT | 1,944 | NO | |
| NAVAN VRO CAR PARK | 4,680 | NO | |
| SCURLOCKSTOWN UNIT 1 | 67,752 | Moved to Decentralised office | |
| SLIGO BRIDGE STREET 2 | 32,000 | NO | |
| SLIGO CUSTOM HSE QUAY VRT | 15,000 | NO | |
| SLIGO WESTWARD TOWN CENTRE | 34,753 | NO | Negotiated buy-out of LeaseSee Comments in following table |
| SUN ALLIANCE HOUSE UNITS 10-11(part surrender) | 161,000 | NO | Negotiated buy-out of LeaseSee Comments in following table |
| WEXFORD TEMP DECENT OFFICE 1 | 75,000 | Moved to Decentralised office | |
| WEXFORD TEMP DECENT OFFICE 2 | 33,336 | Moved to Decentralised office |
The following table lists the financial values pertinent to lease buy-outs; building acquisition and move to alternative leased building:
| Premises | Cost of Lease Buy-Out(unless otherwise stated)€ | Rental Savings Arising(based on remaining lease term)€ |
| ATHLONE PROBATION SERVICE | 113, 832 (previous rent) | 86, 298 (new rent) |
| ** CLARE ST 22-25 | 5,650,000 (purchase amount) | 3,073,000 |
| CLONDALKIN MONASTERY ROAD | 1,447,270 | 9,025,000 |
| MAYNOOTH BUSINESS CAMPUS | 1,185,678 | 1,250,106 |
| SLIGO WESTWARD TOWN CENTRE | 100,000 | 101,150 |
| SUN ALLIANCE HOUSE UNITS 10-11(part surrender) | 555,000 | 936,000 |
| GALWAY HIBERNIAN HOUSE | 263,651 (previous rent) | 371,439 (new rent) |
| TOTAL | 9,315,431 | 14,842,293 |
The cost of dilapidation associated with the lease buy-outs amounted to €2,641,187. While the saving in the previous table is of the order of €5.5m.
** 22-25 Clare Street was purchased at a very favourable price in December 2010.
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide each and every procurement savings achieved by the Office of Public Works as referred to at page 11 of the First Progress Report of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17426/11]
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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In 2010, the National Procurement Service secured savings of €8.8 million under the 2009 Expenditure Reduction Initiative. This was achieved by requesting Public Bodies to negotiate a reduction of up to 8% on all contracts for goods and services above €100k and where legally feasible. A breakdown of the 2010 Procurement savings is set out in the following table. Savings of €39 million refers to a direct reduction on all procurement budgets in 2010 as directed by the Department of Finance. The National Procurement Service worked closely with all public bodies in order to assist them to operate within this reduced allocation.
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