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. John Conlon:
That is something we do. I can think very quickly of a number of buildings in Dublin 2, in particular, where Departments and agencies colocate in one building. That has always been our objective when we are looking at property in that we do not just look at a property for one Department. There are examples. Leeson Lane, which is a building we completed, houses the Department of culture, but it also houses about 100 staff from the Department of Finance. Therefore, colocation is part of the way we do our business in terms of occupancy and things. Miesian Plaza houses three or four different Departments and agencies. We do colocate Departments in buildings where we can.