Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the vacant properties and land not in use, owned, rented or leased by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department by square footage for buildings and acres for land, in tabular form; the address and location of these properties; and the last date of occupancy or use of these properties. [55217/17]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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The Commissioners of Public Works, on behalf of the State, manage a large and diverse property portfolio which ranges from office accommodation to heritage properties, visitors centres, Garda stations, among others. As is typical of such large portfolios, there will always be a number of properties, at any given time, that are vacant. These are currently being retained because of their future strategic development value.

A list of the non-operational properties currently vacant and owned or leased by the Commissioners is attached at Appendix 1. The square footage or acreage has been included where available.

The majority of the properties currently vacant are those Garda stations closed under the 2012/2013 policing plans of An Garda Siochana. The remainder consists of properties such as customs posts, former coastguard stations and sundry other properties located throughout the country.

The future use of the former Garda stations will be determined once the current review of closed Garda stations has been concluded.

Appendix 1