Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 84: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of properties that his Department is currently leasing from property landlords along with the location of same; the number of these lease agreements that contain upward only rent review clauses; the cost arising from these rents; the efforts that are being made by his Department to ensure that these rents are operating at a sustainable level in the current business and economic environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13560/10]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department and the 8 Offices of my Department do not currently rent or lease any properties from property landlords. All the properties occupied by the Department and its Offices are provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW) without any cost to the Department or the Offices concerned. In many of those cases, the properties are rented or leased by the OPW from property landlords and the information requested by the Deputy, in relation to the number of lease agreements that contain upward rent review clauses etc. could, therefore, only be supplied by the Office of Public Works.