Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the move-in date of An Garda Síochána personnel to the command and control facility at Heuston Station; the status of works at Phoenix House; the costs expended on same to date; the status of the works on Block-J; the costs expended on same to date; and the schedule of locations to include costs that are part of the contingency planning in respect of the anticipated need for additional demand for garda accommodation. [37535/22]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy of the following.

A selection of Garda personnel from Command & Control will be moving into NTCC in Heuston Station on 18 August 2022, as part of the test phase of the new CAD2 system. Command & Control are expected to relocate fully to NTCC in November 2022

The fit-out project at Phoenix House was completed and handed over to An Garda Síochána on 18th November 2021. The Total Project Budget Expenditure to date amounts to €3,290,759.70 inclusive of vat

Block J Project is currently at Letter of Acceptance stage, negotiations are continuing between the Office of Public Works and the proposed main contractor and proposed reserved specialists. €559,747.46 (incl. VAT) has been spent to date on the Block J Project. An additional €1,229,685.22 (incl. VAT) has been spent on the decant of a server to another Garda Station in the Dublin region.

The contingency plan includes a number of options and includes a building in Garda HQ, a leased building, and or a state owned property.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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347. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of planned cell refurbishment works for 2022 and 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of completed cell refurbishment works by location and final completion costs. [37537/22]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The Office of Public Works (OPW) has completed works at 95 Garda Stations Nationwide under the Cell Anti Ligature Programme. In addition there are currently works at 4 garda station with 11 more identified for delivery 2022/2023. All details can be found in the tables below.

It is not possible, in the timeframe provided for responding to the PQ, to provide the completion costs for each individual station and in this regard, the OPW will revert to the deputy directly on this aspect of their request.

Those stations identified as planned for 2022 and 2023 are subject to the final sign off of operational and design requirements by An Garda Síochána and a successful tendering process.

The OPW and An Garda Síochána meet on a monthly basis to assess the cell refurbishment works and to adjust and reprioritise the works as necessary.

Completed Projects under the Cell Anti Ligature Programme by Location:

* Ronanstown was initially a pilot project and re-visited in 2019 to address some issues that were identified later in the programme.

List of Projects under the Cell Refurbishment and Anti-Ligature Programme currently on Site:

List of Proposed Projects under the Cell Anti-ligature Programme: