Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am delighted have an opportunity to ask questions at this committee. I am sure the Minister of State knows I am here to ask about Castletown House, which is in Celbridge in my constituency. In October 2021, the OPW submitted a business case to the Department of public expenditure for the purchase of land at Castletown House. It was an unopposed offer of sale but it was rejected by the Department. Through a freedom of information request, it was revealed that the business case had only been received by the Department from the OPW two days before the bid was meant to be made. That happened in 2021 and it happened again in 2022, as I have another document that I received through a freedom of information request. How much time would normally be given by the OPW to the Department when it makes a case for capital acquisition on the scale of the land at Castletown House? What is the normal time given?