Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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813. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the overpayment of rent to the landlords for the building from which his Department operates on Baggot Street; the amount of overpayment that was made; when the overpayment was made; when the attention of his Department was drawn to the overpayment; his views on whether it will be possible for the State to recoup the overpayment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46723/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In respect of the rental costs for my Department’s premises, I can confirm that the rent payments come from the Office of Public Works' budget. I have no role in relation to the lease or rent arrangements for Miesian Plaza. The OPW, as the tenant, manage these functions on behalf of all Departments in the building.

The terms of the lease were agreed between OPW and the landlord. As my Department was not involved in the process, I cannot comment on rental costs, how they were arrived at, or subsequently agreed.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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814. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of rent that has been paid by the State for the use of the building from which his Department operates on Baggot Street in each of the past five years. [46724/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In respect of the rental costs for my Department’s premises, I can confirm that the rent payments come from the Office of Public Works' budget. The terms of the lease were agreed between OPW and the landlord.

I have no role in relation to the lease or rent arrangements for Miesian Plaza. The OPW, as the tenant, manage these functions on behalf of all Departments in the building.