Written answers
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Office of Public Works
Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the monies spent by the OPW in procuring lands, sites or houses of historical/archaeological significance, on either a county or a regional basis in the past ten years, in tabular form. [23800/24]
Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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OPW manages a large portfolio of heritage sites comprising of 32 National Historic Properties, some 780 national monuments and 5,000 acres of designed landscapes gardens and parklands.
The table below sets out properties acquired by the Office of Public Works in the past 10 years – from May 2014 to May 2024.
The purchase cost figure where provided refers to the amount paid by the OPW.
| County | Site | Type | Method of Acquisition | Year acquired | Purchase Cost € | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | Anne's Grove | House & Gardens | Gifted | 2015 | N/A | 190-acre historic estate with 30 acres of renowned gardens |
| Laois | Emo Court | Land | Auction | 2019 | €160,000 | |
| Kerry | Great Blasket Island | Land & House | Private Treaty | 2019 | €110,000 | Ruins of house and associated land |
| Meath | Newgrange | Lands | Transfer | 2023 | €500 | Transfer from Meath County Council |
| Meath | Brú na Bóinne | Land & Houses | Purchase | 2023 | €11,000,000 | Purchase of 552 acres of land, Dowth Hall and Netterville in Co. Meath |
| Wicklow | Kilmacurragh | Garden and deer park | Purchase | 2019 | €500,000 | Intra-state transfer of 55 acres of lands from Coillte, |
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