Office of Public Works

Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Ceisteanna (335)

Ivana Bacik

Ceist:

335. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 924 of 7 September 2026, seeking to establish the proportion of earned revenue that is reinvested in the Iveagh Gardens, to confirm the amount invested in each of the past five years; the stated purpose of monies returned for the benefit of Iveagh Gardens; the value of reinvestment for same, in tabular form; the amount of earned revenue reinvested, specifically for the Office of Public Works's conservation plan for the gardens; his views on the need to ringfence monies raised in rent for conservation and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68259/26]

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Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

Under Public Financial Procedures, government departments are required to account for expenditure as gross expenditure and revenues or receipts as Appropriations in Aid.

Accordingly, any monies or revenues received from the operations of the Iveagh Gardens are accounted for through appropriation in aid via the OPW's vote, and hence returned to the central exchequer.

The Office of Public Works receives voted funds annually via the normal Oireachtas budgetary process to fund the staffing, conservation, management and presentation of the Iveagh Gardens.