John Cregan (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on examining the possibility of securing temporary accommodation in the Newcastle West area to facilitate the 50 people who will be decentralised to Newcastle West Revenue Commissioners offices and who are presently in temporary accommodation in Limerick City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38226/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that pending completion of the decentralised accommodation in Newcastle West, scheduled for last quarter of 2007 and an indicative date for occupation in early 2008, Limerick City was chosen as the site for temporary accommodation to facilitate the training of staff who were already based in Limerick and were due to move to Newcastle West under the decentralisation programme.

The current temporary accommodation is leased to the Commissioners of Public Works under a short term agreement and it would not be practical to enter into a new lease for temporary accommodation in Newcastle West given the high costs of fit out and the likely timeframe for completion of the decentralised offices. In the circumstances, it is not the intention of the Revenue Commissioners to look for temporary accommodation in Newcastle West.