Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 1050: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 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. [11884/08]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Details of car parking spaces assigned or available to my Department, which has a staff complement exceeding 300 people are as follows:

There are 65 car parking spaces available at my Department's HQ building on Adelaide Road, Dublin 2.

There are 55 spaces shared between my Department and Labour Court/Labour Relations Commission staff at Tom Johnson House, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road Dublin 4. There are 19 official Geological Survey of Ireland vehicles using these spaces also.

The Department shares a building at Leeson Lane, Dublin 2, with the Department of Transport, the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. The Department of Transport is the main tenant at that location. There are 42 parking spaces under the building with an additional five on the surface. The spaces are shared between the staff of each Department and none of these spaces is specifically assigned to my Department. There are 22 parking spaces at Elm House in Cavan.

All of the buildings are State owned or leased through the Office of Public Works (OPW). Any costs associated with car parking facilities, whether State owned or incorporated into lease agreements, as is the case in Adelaide Road and in Cavan, is a matter of the OPW.

The issue of accommodation, including car parking arrangements, for State agencies is a day to day operational matter for the agencies themselves and one in which I have no function.