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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 12, 2015

QUESTION NO. 14

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Donovan

To ask the Chief Executive how much SDCC has spent renovating properties and bringing up to standard before entering into leasing agreements with them over the past ten years?  Can the Chief Executive please provide a breakdown of this information by electoral area?

REPLY:

The only property that the Council has leased that required upgrading as part of a leasing arrangement was for the Temporary Supported Homeless Facility in Tallaght.  The works required were to meet fire certification and H&S needs of its use as a homeless facility.  A costing of the work undertaken is being prepared and will be forwarded to the Councillor in the near future.

However it should be noted that the cost of the works was reflected in the lease arrangement in terms of the lease payment and including a specific term which required the repayment of 60% of the cost of the works should the lease be ceased within 2 years.  The lease also included an option that the lease would be extended for a further 18 years following the initial 2 years.