Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date in 2022. [25582/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I can inform the Deputy that my Department currently operates from 2 offices:

1. Miesian Plaza, 2nd and 3rd Floors, 50-58 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2. D02 XWI4

2. Montague Court, 2nd and 3rd Floors, 7/11 Montague Court, Montague Street, Dublin.

Since May 2018, my Department's headquarters have been located in Miesian Plaza. In respect of Miesian Plaza, my Department is a sub-tenant of the Office of Public Works (OPW), who are the tenant of the Landlord. Any costs in relation to the cleaning of roofs are not a matter for my Department.

Prior to May 2018, my Department's headquarters were located in the Mespil Road Office, Ballsbridge, Dublin. The Mespil Road Office was under the control of the OPW. Any costs in relation to the cleaning of roofs were not a matter for my Department.

Following a Transfer of Functions from the Department of Justice in 2020, my Department took control of Floors 2 and 3 in Montague Court in October 2020. The building is under the control of the landlord, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL). My Department pays JLL an annual service charge, which includes an annual fee for cleaning the roof of the building. The annual fee for cleaning the roof of the Montague Court building is €1,513.00. To date my Department has paid JLL €2,650.00 for cleaning the roof of the Montague Court building.

The below bodies fall under my Department's remit, however, I do not have control over the buildings they occupy.