Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
2:00 pm
Mr. John McMahon:
I will consult my note. The rationalisation of the accommodation of the Department was required as a result of a lease expiring on 94 St. Stephen's Green and the Department being compelled to move. The project involved the relocation of staff across three properties while maintaining business as usual. The project required multiple staff moves as a result of the complexity of phasing of works. In addition, out-of-hours work added to the project cost. The provision of a high-security secure file storage area was not included in the original brief and was subsequently included. A fire integrity upgrade was also required in one of the properties. To sum it up, it involved the costs incurred in moving the Department from a property where a lease was being surrendered to other property.