Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has handed back Fitzgibbon Street Garda station to the Garda authorities; if not, when it will be handed back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45054/21]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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In any construction project, the Office of Public Works has to ensure that the finished building is fit for occupation prior to handover to the client. While construction works to the Garda Station building have been completed, commissioning of certain mechanical and electrical installations has not yet been demonstrated to the required standards.

The Office of Public Works is actively engaging with the main contractor on this issue and it expects that all of the outstanding commissioning will be concluded very shortly which will allow the building to be handed back to An Garda Síochána.