Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
11:40 am
Mr. John McCarthy:
At the time of the disposal of the equipment in 2012, a total of 13 premises were being used to store the equipment locally. Three of the 13 were either State-owned or rent-free and, therefore, there was no requirement to end the lease. Four of the leases were terminated without additional cost. Five were retained to store manual voting equipment and, therefore, they are still used by the returning officer. The final premises of the 13 was the one to which I have just referred.