Ms Angela Denning:

No, we did not have a preventive maintenance programme. In conjunction with the Office of Public Works, we had a reactive maintenance programme such that where something went wrong, we fixed it. For example, in recent times a ceiling collapsed in a courthouse, but we would prefer if things did not reach that stage. The Comptroller and Auditor General highlighted this issue in an earlier report as presenting a risk. We have taken it on board and asked the contractors to look at courthouses throughout the country. It will be done in quarter one of 2020. In the case of one courthouse that I thought was in pretty good shape, it will cost about €4.5 million to undertake works which will mainly involve the mechanics and electrics, as well as work to the roof.