Mary Wallace (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation for the suggestion this week that there are vacant offices in the town of Navan, County Meath, costing €50,000 per annum to maintain; if he can reconcile the expenditure via the Department of the Environment , Heritage and Local Government offices in the same town being rented from the private sector while there are vacant publicly funded high quality new local government offices in the town of Ashbourne, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20399/10]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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The former Government Offices, Kells Road, Navan, is located on a very valuable and strategic site, which will be retained by the State. In this regard, the Office of Public Works is currently evaluating a range of options for the long-term use of this property. To maintain the basic fabric of the building and prevent further deterioration, limited services are being maintained in the building at a total cost of the order of €50,000 since its vacation in 2007.

A number of Government Departments, including the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, are accommodated in a leased office building at Kilcairn, Navan since 2007. The location, as between particular towns, of particular Government services is a matter for the Departments involved.