Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1694 of 14 April 2026, to clarify the details of the purchase made by Cork City Council of the counting house property using Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) funding; to detail the amount of land included in this purchase; to clarify if URDF funding was used to pave on the private land in front of the counting house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40948/26]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Further to Parliamentary Question No. 1694 of 14 April 2026, a total of €27.2m of funding was made available to Cork City Council to acquire the former Counting House and Car Park at Brewery Quarter, South Main Street, at a purchase price of €35m (ex. VAT). The site area that is the subject of the acquisition is c. 4,850m² which equates to approximately 1.2 acres.

This purchase was concluded recently, after the plaza fronting the Counting House which formed part of the acquisition was completed. In that context, URDF funding was not available for this purpose.