Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 516: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of car park spaces available nationally to those working in his Department and in the bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the annual cost of car park spaces rented by his Department and the bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11888/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

There are 99 car park spaces available for staff in the Dublin buildings of my Department and approximately 310 car park spaces available for staff of the 8 Offices which operate under the aegis of my Department in Dublin, Kilkenny, Carlow, Cork, Sligo and Shannon. Most of the buildings occupied by my Department and by the 8 Offices under the aegis of my Department are leased by the Office of Public Works for the use of the Department and its Offices and any costs associated with the provision of car park spaces for staff in those buildings is entirely a matter for the OPW. In the time available, the Office of Public Works has not been able to provide my Department with details of the annual cost of the car park spaces provided for the staff of my Department and the 8 Offices under the aegis of the Department.

I am not in a position to provide the information sought by the Deputy in relation to the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department as such information falls within the day-to-day administration of the State Agencies concerned.