Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the Office of Public Works state office accommodation portfolio rationalisation programme broken down by Government Department; the total saving arising from the OPW rationalisation programme for 2012 and projected savings in 2013 and 2014; and the number of the OPW state office accommodation properties that are leased or tied into upward only rent agreements. [39186/12]

Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy on the departmental breakdown of leases surrendered is as follows:

The total number of surrenders between 2008 and the end of 2011 was 163. There were 14 surrenders in the first quarter of 2012. The total number of surrenders across the two periods is 177. On the 2012-13 office rationalisation programme, the projected savings targeted in 2012 are €5 million. The surrenders targeted in 2013 are commercially sensitive at this time. The number of buildings and the associated number of leases providing ‘office’ accommodation are 380 and 444 respectively, of which 106 buildings and 125 leases have upward-only rent review clauses.