Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 March 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills

9:00 am

Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

DIT was spread across over 40 different buildings when we moved towards Grangegorman. A number of those are rented, so it would cease the rents, and a number are owned by DIT directly. I do not think there is a huge number of buildings, but the plan would be for DIT to sell them to finance the move for increased capacity on the main campus. I do not think a final decision has been made about the future of Bolton Street and whether it might remain, given its proximity to the Grangegorman campus. The aim for the other main buildings is for DIT to move from them, free them up and sell them. It depends on the progress on a number of different factors, and DIT would have to work with us on that, but the idea is for it to provide financing for the new buildings.