Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza
9:00 am
Mr. Maurice Buckley:
It is beside that location. We are looking at who will go in it. There is also Beggars Bush in Ballsbridge. There are several sites. There is a mix and at any one time we try to keep a portfolio with a balance of owned property and leased property. My colleagues have said that our preference is for owned property. However, one must consider that when a recession hits, as unfortunately it did in 2008, and we greatly reduced the State footprint, it was by releasing lease property, which gave us a flexibility.
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