Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Business of Committee
10:00 am
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Regarding leases, representatives of the Department came here and went through properties around the country. They had found a long list of issues with these properties that would not arise in the private sector. There are issues regarding properties that are leased. For example, in the case of John Shine, we were told the State was taking legal action against him. This legal action happened only a number of months after the meeting of the committee and Mr. Shine has a case. It is about property, leases and the management of buildings. In this case, the person was interested in a property which has not materialised, although it is vacant. We have to produce a report on the hearing we had with the Department, which included some of the worst cases. In the light of the hearing, this man has a point. I differ from Deputy Shane Ross. We should go and see the place because it would tell us a lot about what is happening.
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