Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that there are complexities with some of the buildings. However, some of them are in decent enough shape and are in towns that have no community facilities. The OPW is holding them, but there are major difficulties with the Department of Justice, the Department of Education or local authorities. For example, there are two old schools in Trim. One was handed over to the Department of Education and is lying idle. My question is really just about OPW buildings, but the issue of empty State buildings is a major one across all Departments. I urge the Government to make use of them as best it can.

How many acres does the OPW own that are lying fallow?

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