Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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Yes. Contingency plans were developed in the event that Garda security and other issues were not fully completed at the time. In the event that we were not able to vacate - which we were actually able to do - we had contingency plans prepared. Works are ongoing on Clyde House and block J, which is in the Phoenix Park, into 2023. There was also work on the Intreo office on the Navan Road, Dublin 7, which is an office of the Department of Social Protection, DSP. The Department cleared out of the building and it was handed over to An Garda Síochána on 18 November 2022. It is now fully occupied by An Garda Síochána.