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- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: I also mentioned Kilmainham Gaol at the beginning. That is fine. People will be disappointed to hear that the OPW spent less last year, whatever the reason, whether it was the result of cycles of capital investment or 2016 being an exceptional year. People would expect more, although projects are ongoing. I have more questions. On page 22 of the appropriation accounts it states,...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: No, I refer only to the four cases mentioned in the accounts. That is all I am asking about. Do our guests have the information relating to those cases?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: I am saying this to every Accounting Officer watching these proceedings. When there is something in the appropriation account, we expect representatives to bring the details with them when they come before this committee. The appropriation account lists four things and what those four things were is an obvious, stand-out question. The OPW will send the information to us but our guests will...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: Okay, what is it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: Some are paying upfront?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: Well done. I refer to the annual report for 2016. I have not yet seen the 2017 report. Why has that not been published yet?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: Will it will be published by Christmas? It is almost mid-October. I have before me a document of only 15 pages summarising the OPW's activities for 2016. How is it taking close to 11 months to produce the report for 2017?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: How soon can we expect to see that on the OPW's website?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: I accept that it is just heavy text. I understand that. I can read it but it is not attractive.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: I understand. However, the point I am making is that it has taken almost 11 months to produce a relatively short report. I refer to the move from Hawkins House. The OPW seems to want to lease rather than build property for the State. In circumstances where the OPW is moving out of a building it owns, namely, Hawkins House, to a building on which the State has a 25-year lease, is this...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: I will pose a simple question. The landlord of the former Bank of Ireland headquarters on Baggot Street bought the site for €50 million. Is there any conception of what he spent to bring it to standard before the OPW came along?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: No, the OPW would not have that information but it must be published. In our guests' experience, would he have spent another €50 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: He has, therefore, invested €150 million and the State is paying him €300 million over so many years.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: How many blocks are there? It is important to explain this for anyone who might be driving down Baggot Street listening to these proceedings. That is, if he or she is not listening to events in the Dáil. In which building is the Department of Health located?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: There are two parts at the front.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: What percentage of the overall site is leased by the OPW?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: The developer spent €25 million to purchase the site and €100 million on refurbishing and kitting it out. There was also a small extension. There was some confusion when I referred to that earlier, but some extending work was done before it came to the OPW. The developer is doing very well out of this. What kind of yields will his contract with the OPW give him? How does...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: If the OPW knows what it is paying him for the next 25 years, it should know the value of the building based on rent over the next 25 years. There must be a ratio between rent, the value and the yield. What value does the OPW put on that building? Our guests should be able to run those numbers.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: That would be good because we have a situation where there is an old wreck of a building in the centre of town, a fabulous location, and it is State property. It looks as though we are going to just move and start renting down the road at something that is far less advantageous in the long term for the taxpayer. I have a simple question. During the negotiations, why did the OPW not just...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Seán Fleming: Did the OPW not seriously ask about buying it?