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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: 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?
- 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 thank the Minister of State and his officials for assisting the committee with our consideration of the Revised Estimates. Next week, we will consider the Revised Estimates for the Department of the Taoiseach.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (2 Jul 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: In accordance with Standing Order 110, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: Tá Roghchoiste um Airgeadas, Caiteachas Poiblí, Athchóiriúchán Seirbhíse Poiblí agus Digitiúchán, agus an Taoiseach tar éis a bhreithniú ar na Meastacháin Athbhreithnithe le aghaidh seirbhísí poiblí le haghaidh na bliana...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: Níl aon leithscéalta faighte againn. No apologies have been received. Is mian liom na riachtanais bhunreachtúla seo a leanas a mheabhrú do chomhaltaí agus páirt á glacadh acu i gcruinnithe poiblí. Caithfidh comhaltaí a bheith i láthair go fisiciúil laistigh de theorainneacha shuíomh Theach Laighean. Ní cheadóidh mé...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh míle maith agat. An chéad cainteoir ná an Teachta O'Callaghan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: Topics need to be filed beforehand. Perhaps the Minister of State could revert to us with details.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: I understand that. We can have the officials speak to the committee but we must go into private session because when the Minister or a Minister of State is in attendance officials cannot speak to us directly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: The Deputy can do so if the committee agrees to go into private session. Would the Deputy prefer to do that in his time? Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: I will summarise what we discussed in private session. Regarding Earlsfort Terrace, it is understood that Government approval for the capital funding is required. Further clarity is required prior to the OPW progressing this issue. The OPW is the contracting authority and the onus is not on it but on the sponsoring Department to complete the cost-benefit analysis and a value-for-money...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Mairéad Farrell: This was not one of the topics listed. Is the Minister of State okay to take that question?