John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I raise the issue with respect to the payment of salaries and so on. I am aware of a case within the control of the Office of Public Works where an individual has had a most awful life within the office; that person continues to be paid but is not asked to work. I will bring this personally to the Minister of State's attention. I tried to do this before but to no avail within the Department and the issue has not been resolved.

That is costing the State money and is unfair to the individual concerned. It is a case of poor human resource management that these matters cannot be resolved in-house by the Department. I will give the details on the case to the Minister of State after the meeting.

How many OPW properties for which rent is being paid are not currently in use? Has the number of such properties been minimised? Have rental agreements or arrangements been broken and so forth?