Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 21 January 2014, if he will indicate when the information will be provided. [19000/14]

Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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The Castletown Estate was originally donated to the State in 1994, by the Castletown Foundation, for a consideration of £10.00 The Office of Public Works (OPW) took over the management of Castletown House and Demesne in 2004, and prior to this the property was in the care of, and administered by, the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands; the Minister for Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs; and finally the Minister for the Environment, Heritage, & Local Government.

Since 2004, it is estimated that the total annual outlay by the Office of Public Works on preservation, conservation, presentation, guiding, upgrading, maintenance, landscaping, security and administration is as follows:

Additional lands were acquired by the Office of Public Works since 2004 as follows:

- The Batty Langley lands in 2006 for €2,000,000; and

- the former Coillte woodlands to the north and east of the main house in 2007 for €1,350,000

These sums are not included in the above table.