Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 26 February 2009, the identity of the property that was transferred from his Department to the Health Service Executive which was subsequently sold by the HSE in 2005; the amount of money which was received by the HSE for that sale; if the HSE in turn paid moneys from that sale back to his Department; if so, the amount of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12242/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy in the first instance that the property in question was not transferred from my Department to the Health Service Executive but was transferred directly from the religious order in question to the HSE under the terms of the Indemnity Agreement.

I can tell you that the property in question is 28 The Woodlands, Celbridge, Co. Kildare. While my Department was not involved in the subsequent disposal of the property in question, I have been informed by the HSE that this property was sold by them and that the proceeds amounting to €280,000 was subsequently returned to the Exchequer.