Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
9:00 am
Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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I think it is better not to comment on the legal proceedings. I was not a Member of the Dáil in 2013 but I will find out if the OPW put in a bid and revert to Deputy Doherty on that, unless someone wishes to answer it now.
As he mentioned, there is a site being considered so that we own a property and do not end up in a situation where a lease runs out again. That site is on Military Road, Kilmainham and is going for planning under Part 9. It will be a number of years before that will come into being. I think there are contingency plans being formulated but we must await the outcome of the court case.