Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

I wish to seek the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public and national concern, namely, the 80% cost increase to €183 million in the past two years of renting accommodation and office space for State Departments and agencies; the concentration of over 90% of the State rent spent in the Dublin area, with an uneven distribution of State rents countrywide; the considerable portion of State rents wastefully expended on unallocated properties; to call on the Government to examine the value for money aspect of purchasing property for State use, as opposed to leasing it; and to call for the establishment of an independent State agency to oversee the management of State accommodation requirements, with a view to securing optimum value for taxpayers' money.

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