Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent)
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213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the new location for the general register research facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44362/13]

Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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The Commissioners of Public Works held a lease on a premises in the Irish Life Mall which accommodated the General Register Office (GRO). The Commissioners of Public Works availed of the opportunity to exit this lease and this move will yield an annual saving of €1.5 million for the Exchequer.

After a long period of consultation with the management of the General Register Office and an examination of a number of property options in Dublin city, a State owned property in Werburgh Street was chosen.

The fit out of the new office was carried out in consultation with the staff and management of the GRO. The requirements outlined by the GRO for the Werburgh Street premises were fully addressed in the fit out of the building.