Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2494/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department, in conjunction with the Office of Public Works (OPW), has engaged in a review of the Department’s accommodation needs in Portlaoise with a view to consolidating our accommodation footprint in the town. 

A space audit was carried out by the OPW in Government Offices, Abbeyleix Road and in the Eircom Building in Portlaoise and my Department officials are now examining, how, in the context of our work requirements and the synergies of business processes areas, we can maximise space utilisation and consolidate some staff, who are located in other buildings, into these two buildings.

It is a priority for me and my Department to carry out this work as quickly as possible and to provide a brief to OPW of our requirements.