Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers and locations of his Department's buildings that are in an upward-only rent review contract; the cost of rents for 2008 to 2010, inclusive; and the expected rents for 2011. [21917/11]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers and locations of buildings his Department leases that are in upward-only rent contracts; the amount of rent for 2008 to 2010, inclusive, and the expected rent for 2011. [21918/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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1I propose to take Questions Nos. 615 and 616 together.

The sourcing of property on behalf of Government Departments is a matter for the Office of Public Works. The Department's Headquarters is in Hawkins House, which is not subject to any lease. There are two leases currently held by my Department, as follows:

- Block D, Irish Life Mall, Dublin 1 which formerly accommodated the Women's Health Council, and now accommodates the Office of the Disability Appeals Officer

- 1 Ormond Quay Lower, Dublin 1 which formerly accommodated the Irish Council for Bioethics. My Department is actively seeking an alternative use for this premises for the remainder of its lease.

The Women's Health Council and the Irish Council for Bioethics were subsumed into my Department as part of the health sector agencies rationalisation initiative.

The following table shows the cost of rents: