Over €87m to be spent leasing buildings for State agencies

Over €86.7m will be spent by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on leasing buildings which house government departments and other State agencies this year.

However, new figures published by the OPW show that expenditure on such rent has been falling sharply since the start of the economic downturn in 2008.

The most expensive lease is a building at 29-31 Adelaide Rd which houses the Department of Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources. It has an annual rent of almost €3m.