Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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534. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated amount spent by his Department on the procurement, purchase and rent of new office space; and the amount spent on the procurement, purchase and rent of office equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [51100/21]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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535. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of offices currently being rented or in ownership of his Department which are currently not in use by the Department. [51117/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 534 and 535 together.

The Department’s Expenditure in the past ten years to date on new or refurbished office accommodation and related equipment for those offices is as follows:

2011 - 2019€ Zero Expenditure

2020

€1,435.84  Rental costs of Porta Cabins to provide for temporary accommodation during refurbishment of the Renmore building, Galway

€407,327.50  Refurbishment costs for relocated NATO PfP Liaison Office, Brussels

€12,208.34  Office equipment costs for relocated NATO PfP Liaison Office, Brussels 

2021

€14,342.28 Rental costs of Porta Cabins to provide for temporary accommodation during refurbishment of the Renmore building, Galway

€66,934.50 Rent of NATO PfP Liaison Office, Brussels, 2019 – 2020 attributable to Defence.

€667.87 Equipment costs for relocated NATO PfP Liaison Office, Brussels 

There are currently no offices being rented or in the ownership of my Department which are not in use by the Department.