Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department instructs the Commissioner of Public Works to consult local authorities to ensure that they can obtain requisite planning permission before buying property for State projects; if this happened in the case of a hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7940/06]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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The Commissioners of Public Works, acting on behalf of the Reception and Integration Agency of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, purchased the property referred to by the Deputy in 2000 for the purpose of accommodating asylum seekers. It is the normal practice for OPW to satisfy itself about the planning status of any property it proposes to purchase.