Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail the cost of all State rental contracts of private property in the past year. [15640/25]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility on behalf of the State for managing an extensive and diverse portfolio of State properties, including office accommodation for all Government Departments, the property estate for An Garda Síochána and numerous properties for many State Agencies.

The total amount of rent payments incurred by the OPW in 2024 was approximately €111m. The vast majority of this relates to rents in respect of office accommodation.

There are currently in the region of 460 property leases / licences held by the OPW, almost 320 of which are in respect of office accommodation. The remainder includes 42 leases/ licences in respect of storage / warehouses, 37 for Garda Stations and and 62 for Coast Guard Stations, custom / port facilities, car parking and driving tests centres.

Within its overall portfolio, the OPW has a significant and diverse office accommodation portfolio, distributed throughout the country, comprising 531 buildings, of which 266 buildings were State-owned at year end 2024.

This office portfolio consists of 866,923 m2, of which approximately 60 percent is State-owned, and the remaining 40 percent is leased. The office accommodation portfolio includes a range of differing types of office provision, from brand new grade A office accommodation to prestige heritage buildings.