Departmental Properties
Dail Éireann — 2023-10-26
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Patrick O'Donovan (FG), Limerick County

I do not disagree with the Deputy. I have gone through it recently and it is in need of an overhaul. The Shannon Airport Authority has acknowledged the fact it has plans for the entire arrivals hall. We will work with it to make sure any works are done in conjunction with the overall Shannon Airport Authority's master plan for the arrivals hall rather than doing piecemeal or isolated work. We would not be doing that because as the Deputy said a while ago with respect to another building, the last thing we want to do is tear it out when Shannon Airport Authority might come along with a reconfigured arrivals hall that might not necessarily sit with what plans we might have regarding the accommodation we must provide for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, An Garda Síochána, the Revenue Commissioners, customs and others.

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Sitting date: 2023-10-26