Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Engagement with Office of Public Works
1:30 pm
Ms Cathleen Morrison:
We are constantly monitoring the use of our office portfolio. At the moment, we have a very low level of vacancy. We have a vacancy rate of approximately 1% in our office portfolio. The introduction of blended working policies has allowed us to absorb additional requirements from client Departments. The number of civil servants has grown in the last few years. I do not have the exact figure to hand but it has certainly grown and we have accommodated that growth, largely within the same office footprint. That is why we do not see the great levels of vacancy that we may see in the commercial market.
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