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- 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?
- 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: We understand. I know that. I am asking whether the OPW pursued the matter.
- 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: But the OPW is vacating a building that is worth a lot of money.
- 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: However, they had to move somewhere in the intervening 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: What is Leeson Lane for?
- 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 was the OPW's storage yard years ago?
- 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 ask for a report on the portfolio going back over the past ten or 20 years, with the percentages of owned versus leased for each year. I would like to see a graph or chart going back over 20 years to see when our ownership was at a peak and dip. The witnesses should send the committee those figures because they would be instructive.
- 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 was a time when it was the other way around.
- 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 is interesting. I ask the OPW to send us the long term figures or whatever they have.
- 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: We had representatives of the Tax Appeals Commission before us recently and they were very uncomplimentary in their remarks about the way they were shoved out of their building. The OPW sent us a copy of the letter it sent to the commission setting out the record from its point of view. Has the OPW had any response to that letter?
- 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 do not have to do any refereeing at this stage. Is that right?
- 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 is fine. I ask for a written note providing details on the courthouse site in Portlaoise.
- 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 OPW does not do the building.
- 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 Courts Service will oversee the project. Is that 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: Has the site been purchased yet? Does Mr. Bourke know the answer to that question?
- 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 ask the OPW to get back to me tomorrow on that.
- 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 is fine. I have not seen that yet. I want to know if the site has been purchased. We all know the site to which we are referring but I want to know if it has been bought yet. I am seeking information on the most up-to-date position. My last question is on the national children's science centre. I do not know too much about it but I have discussed it with a few people and read an...
- 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: Which three Departments?