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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 324. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has lease arrangements with co-working real estate companies; and, if so, the details of the leases, including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35859/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 325. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department leases additional office space that is outside its departmental building and the estates section of the OPW; and, if so, the details of the lease, including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35877/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has lease arrangements with co-working real estate companies; and, if so, the details of the leases, including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35850/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department leases additional office space that is outside its departmental building and the estates section of the OPW; and, if so, the details of the lease, including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35868/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 387. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has lease arrangements with co-working real estate companies; and, if so, the details of the leases, including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35863/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 388. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department leases additional office space that is outside its departmental building and the estates section of the OPW; and, if so, the details of the lease, including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35881/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The witnesses are welcome. I will try to keep my questions short and the witnesses might try to keep their responses short.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We have limited time. I wish to ask about the Dublin metropolitan Garda building. I pass it routinely and see a big hole in the ground and a great deal of activity. The project is budgeted to cost €80 million. Will Mr. Buckley provide us the latest estimates for cost and delivery time? The lease on Harcourt Square will expire at the end of 2022. Are there contingencies in place...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Does the contingency plan involve the same building?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: In that case, there would have to be two moves.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: How will any escalation in costs be handled? The work has effectively only just started. From what I have seen when I pass the site, a great deal of ground work is being done, but the cost has increased from €80 million to €86 million even though the development is not even above ground level yet.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Are there two contracts? Is there one across the road at Heuston Station?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is that a separate contract?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Why is it not on the same site? Is it not possible to fit the development on the other site?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to ask about the Kevin Street divisional headquarters and the Galway regional headquarters. Both projects went to conciliation. Have those processes concluded and will Mr. Buckley provide us with a full update?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: How much was that payment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: When does the OPW expect that to conclude?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I met Mr. McMahon a number of times with the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission concerning Leinster House. A terrific job was done. What was the final cost? Where historical buildings are concerned, there is an issue with the tendering process and what can be provided for within contingencies. What was the original estimate and the final cost? As often happens with old buildings, many...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I was well aware of many things that were found. I refer to the contingency that is permitted in respect of historic buildings. It is limited, but at the same time there is a fault in how the OPE is permitted to tender. Has there been any engagement regarding changing the rules in respect of historical buildings?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The witness might come back to me with the figure in regard to Kevin Street divisional headquarters. It is the question I asked in regard to conciliation. With regard to Fairgreen, in Galway, an internal 2018 report, one of Mr. Buckley's own reports, found that the agency overpaid by €1.4 million in buying the property in Fairgreen, in the city. The overspend appears to have been...