Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade

9:00 am

Mr. Niall Burgess:

We have a property management unit which manages rentals and the property we own. It is a small unit which we are currently expanding. One of the reasons we are expanding it is because the property market is dynamic and also because needs change in some missions. We have a policy now of looking at purchase options where that makes sense and where there are long-term savings. One issue we face in respect of our property budget is rapidly escalating rents. In many cases, our larger missions are in cities where rents are particularly high and increasing rapidly.

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