State rents office for €8.2m a year... but it lies idle

An €8.2m-a-year office leased by the State is lying idle with no plans to move workers in until the middle of the year.

The State has been paying rent on Block A of Miesian Plaza on Lower Baggot St, Dublin, since Janauary after a 25-year lease was agreed.

The former Bank of Ireland headquarters is due to house staff from the Department of Health and the Department of Children, but it is expected workers will not move in until the middle of the year when the office fit-out is completed.