Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I appreciate that and I have experience of that in Galway, where the Health Services Executive was paying almost €1 million per year and it was cheaper to break the lease and pay a €1 million penalty. However, it certainly highlights the failure of these bodies to look at leases regularly and to see whether they can get more cost-effective and shorter leases. We must also look at building over the years. They went for leases that cost a fortune. The absence of any attempt at sub-letting the premises is also a concern. We are just paying rent for nothing.