OPW 'never objected' to €10m Miesian Plaza rent overpayment

Miesian Plaza, Baggot Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, where the Department of Health is headquartered. File picture

A rental overpayment costing the State €10m was incurred because the responsible body never requested that the figure be adjusted downwards, according to the landlord.

Miesian Plaza, the headquarters of the Department of Health in Dublin, was measured using a newly-introduced standard prior to its lease being signed in 2016 by the Office of Public Works (OPW), the custodian of much of the State’s property portfolio.