Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will itemise the number of buildings that her Department leases; the annual rental and average price paid per square metre; if any review of the leases has been initiated to seek lower rents in the context of the current financial position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42704/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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With the exception of Bridgewater House, Inchicore Dublin 1, the Department's office accommodation is either State owned or held under leases negotiated and managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Details of annual rental, annual price per square metre, and lease reviews (if any) insofar as these offices are concerned, are held by the OPW.

Following the integration of the Combat Poverty Agency into the Department in July 2009, the Minister assumed responsibility for the rental costs of the former offices of the Agency in Bridgewater House, Inchicore. The annual rental cost is €228,000 per annum. Enquiries are being made regarding the possibility of early surrender of the lease.