John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39801/10]

John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of premises and sites rented or leased by his Department; the location of same; if they are currently in use and the cost for 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39816/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 432 and 433 together.

In general, premises and sites occupied by my Department are rented or leased by the OPW, rather than directly by my Department. The location and costs of premises and sites rented directly by my Department are set out below.

My Department, at the end of 2009, entered into an arrangement for the National Monuments Service to occupy a proportion of an archival and storage facility in Swords as a sub-lessee of the National Museum of Ireland. My Department's share of the rental costs, amounting to €105,000 for the period to the end of 2011, was paid in December 2009. My Department shares with other Government Departments the rent and ancillary costs of a premises occupied by Ireland's Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels. Payment by my Department applies from 2010 onwards and, accordingly, no costs to my Department arise in respect of 2008 or 2009. All of the above mentioned space is in use.