Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which tenants of State owned property have requested rent reviews that may be affected by upward only revision; the number of such cases if known; the extent to which it might be intended to address the issue in view of the on-going difficulties experiences by commercial or retailing sectors; if a particular ameliorating solution has been found in such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41851/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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My Department does not have access to up-to-date information at the level of detail sought by the Deputy; this would be available in those Departments and public service bodies which lease property to tenants on a commercial basis. However, I am informed that negotiations are being entered into with affected tenants on a case-by-case basis and arrangements arrived at in the light of the circumstances of each case. My Department is giving consideration at present to the question of whether general policy guidelines need to be formulated on the matter.