Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works

3:20 pm

Ms Clare McGrath:

There has been more of the latter than the former. Success in the area of upward-only rent reviews has been achieved where the OPW concurrently rents a different property from the same landlord and a lease break is approaching in the case of the latter property. In other words, given the demand for office accommodation, we look at the matter in the round. The aim at all times is to see how we can best use the State's covenant to achieve a reduction. I will revert to the committee with specific details.