State Property
From Chief State Solicitor’s Office
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The State Leases Section deals with all leasing and licensing of State lands for Government departments and the Office of Public Works (OPW). This includes the procurement of all office accommodation by way of lease on behalf of the OPW. The Section also grants leases and licenses for foreshore and Fishery Harbour Centres. The Section deals with telecommunication licences where broadband has been put in place for all Government departments and offices, and mobile network operators can provide 4G and fibre from State owned properties.
The State Sales and Purchases Section deals with transactional conveyancing and related property advices on behalf of a wide range of Government departments. Transactions include purchase, sales and exchanges of State property. The Section provides advice in relation to various programmes including the Schools Rapid Build Programme, the purchase of bogs and turbary rights, the Redress Indemnity Scheme and the Rationalisation and Reform Programme for the Office of Public Works (OPW). The type of properties include schools, Garda stations, heritage property and other significant commercial property.
The State Securities Section advises a number of Government departments on property and transactional conveyancing matters pertaining to the registration of charges under the Capital Funding Programmes for Sports, Arts and Culture and Education, the granting of discharges of loans registered under the Housing (Gaeltacht) Acts 1929-2001, the devolution of real and personal property of dissolved companies to the State under Section 28 State Property Act 1954, the disclaimer of properties by an Official Assignee in bankruptcy in another jurisdiction, the processing of escheated estates under Section 73 of the Succession Act 1965 where the State is the ultimate intestate successor, and representing the State in claims for compensation under Sections 19 and 120 of the Registration of Title Acts 1964-2006 and Section 21 of the Minerals Development Act 1940.