Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the total space occupied in Dublin by the Civil Service which is leased; the total which is owned; and the breakdown in respect of the units proposed for relocation from Dublin under the decentralisation programme. [28516/04]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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Currently, the State rents some 200,000 square meters of office space in Dublin. In addition, it uses some 230,000 square meters of State-owned office accommodation in Dublin. These office area figures relate to buildings occupied by civil servants. The space occupied by the State bodies earmarked for decentralisation is additional to these figures.

Under the decentralisation programme, approximately 230,000 square meters of office accommodation will be required in the regions for staff moving out of Dublin. A broadly equivalent amount of space will no longer be required in the Dublin area as a consequence. The precise breakdown of office space in Dublin — both leased and owned — occupied by the units scheduled in the decentralisation programme is currently being formulated.