Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who were involved with the National Asset Management Agency or with any of the State banks; and the details of each lease. [16593/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

In general, all issues in relation to leases for Government Departments/Offices, including my Department, are a matter for the Office of Public Works. There is one building in Athenry which is leased by my Department at an annual cost of €80,000, plus campus charges. The lease agreement which runs for five years with effect from November 2012 is not an upward - only rent lease. Neither is the property leased from NAMA or a state bank.

The leasing of property by State Agencies is an operational matter for the Agencies themselves.