In the swinging sixties, the building maintenance service of the Office of Public Works needed to be in Dublin 2, close to Government Departments where the majority of its work resided. For it to have been located elsewhere would have been inefficient. If we fast-forward to the beginning of this millennium, the argument has come full-circle. In 2003, it is no longer efficient for a builder's yard to operate from a one acre prime residential site between the canal and Baggot Street. In order to unlock the latent potential in this property, I moved the building maintenance service, at a small cost, to a better premises at Collins Barracks.