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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: A Theachta Nash, can you-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Very succinctly.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Succinctly.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Succinctly.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Can you-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat. Glaoim ar an Teachta Timmins.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Glaoim ar an Teachta Doherty agus ansin ar an Teachta Burke.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: We need to wrap this up.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I ask the Minister of State to be as succinct as possible. Will he provide all that information to the committee?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I call an Teachta Burke.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: My questions relate to estate management, which is programme B. It is noted the OPW incurs significant costs from the maintenance of buildings. Garda stations are cited as an example. Will the Minister of State identify how many Garda stations closed after the period of austerity are still held by the OPW and the cost to date of maintaining these buildings? I might flag my other questions...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Can I get a figure on how much it cost to maintain them in the period between then and now?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Under programme B, there is a heading for office accommodation owned and leased by the OPW. It shows that in 2024 the number had fallen from the previous year but is rising again. I am wondering whether the OPW is leasing more buildings because there is no separation in this line between buildings that are owned and those that are leased, so it is not fully clear about that. I will ask...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: The Minister of State is saying the OPW had 15 additional leases in 2024. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That was on top of the 325. He said 25 were surrendered.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I am just a bit confused. The 15 additional are the 15 new ones but the 24 surrendered are out of the 325. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That is fine. On the other question about how many retrofitted buildings reached an A or B rating, could that figure be furnished to us?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: That would be perfect. We have a joint committee meeting starting at 4.30 p.m. Does the Minister of State want to make any closing remarks before we finish up?