Holly Cairns (Cork South-West, Social Democrats)
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1894. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all properties her Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20340/25]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department currently has two office areas:

• 2nd and 3rd floors, Block 1, Miesian Plaza, 50 - 58 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2; and
• 2nd and 3rd floors, Montague Court, 7 - 11 Montague Street, Dublin 2.

My Department has occupied Montague Court since October 2020 and pays rent for the use of this building. The table below shows the rent paid to date in relation to this office space. Please note rent is paid 3 months in advance and Department of Justice, from whom we took over this office space, had already paid for quarter 4 of 2020. Therefore the rent paid by my Department in 2020 relates to quarter 1 of 2021.

The Deputy may wish to note that a rental agreement is not in place between my Department and the licensors of the CityWest complex, which includes the main Hotel, the Transit Hub. The arrangement in place is a licence agreement which is of a different nature to a rental agreement. The amount paid to date on this licensing agreement can be found in the table below.

My Department previously occupied an office on Mespil Road from June 2011 until May 2018. This building was leased by the OPW, and the OPW paid the rent for that building also.

In addition, a Commission of Investigation which falls under the remit of this Department operated from 73 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2 from January 2015 to March 2021. This building was leased by the OPW, who also paid rent for that building.

A Commission of Investigation which falls under the remit of this Department from 2023 operates from a building in Dublin 7. The total cost of rent paid to date is included in the table below.

My Department also had a number of staff co-located with Pobal at 100 Mount Street from September 2017 to December 2019 working on the development of the National Childcare Scheme. The table below shows the rent in relation to this office space.