Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 5 - Development of a Proposed National Science Centre
Chapter 6 - The OPW's Management of Office Accommodation
2:00 am
Mr. Seamus McCarthy:
From memory, when the crash happened and there was a restriction, there was an embargo on the purchase of buildings. Any property that was acquired had to be acquired under lease. I suspect the numbers would have gone up in terms of leased property, but I do not have the detail.
The figure for rent is about €111 million. That would be rent and service charges, and is VAT-inclusive.