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I don't think all 25 heads of state were in attendance at the ceremony - for e.g. the Queen is the head of state of the UK but was not at the ceremony, Tony Blair (PM) was.
Speculative story from Irish Independent [1] regarding head of government standard accomodation. Djegan 15:44, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
The article mentions E29m for the purchase and a total cost of E52m. I'm interested in ascertaining the total cost in more detail. There is little available on the web - I have found a page by a building contractor mentioning a contract worth E16m [2]. This appears to refer primarily to structural works. A restoration of such a house to its original glory would have involved substantial crafts input, which I presume was supplied by the OPW. The OPW site refers to a number of FOI requests for the total cost - if anyone has the answers to these, I'd be delighted to have a look.
The article on the restoration of the Steward's Lodge refers to newspaper reports of a cost of E600k. The Dail record quotes Tom Parlon's reply to a question about these costs as:
"The Steward’s House is an integral part of the Farmleigh Estate and it was included as part of the purchase of Farmleigh by the State in 1999. Much of the renovation work was done directly by the building maintenance service of the Office of Public Works as part of its ongoing programme of works. External contracts directly associated with the renovation work total €568,076 inclusive of VAT. In addition, direct landscaping contracts came to €30,748 inclusive of VAT." [3]
Note that he only quoted the cost of external contracts, although the OPW had done "much of the renovation work". This distinction was missed by the journalists and an incorrect figure entered the public domain.
I'll do some more research as I think the cost of this project is an important part of the Farmleigh story and should be recorded. Scartboy ( talk) 20:07, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Anyone know the origin of the name Farmleigh? Snappy ( talk) 22:59, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
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I don't think all 25 heads of state were in attendance at the ceremony - for e.g. the Queen is the head of state of the UK but was not at the ceremony, Tony Blair (PM) was.
Speculative story from Irish Independent [1] regarding head of government standard accomodation. Djegan 15:44, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
The article mentions E29m for the purchase and a total cost of E52m. I'm interested in ascertaining the total cost in more detail. There is little available on the web - I have found a page by a building contractor mentioning a contract worth E16m [2]. This appears to refer primarily to structural works. A restoration of such a house to its original glory would have involved substantial crafts input, which I presume was supplied by the OPW. The OPW site refers to a number of FOI requests for the total cost - if anyone has the answers to these, I'd be delighted to have a look.
The article on the restoration of the Steward's Lodge refers to newspaper reports of a cost of E600k. The Dail record quotes Tom Parlon's reply to a question about these costs as:
"The Steward’s House is an integral part of the Farmleigh Estate and it was included as part of the purchase of Farmleigh by the State in 1999. Much of the renovation work was done directly by the building maintenance service of the Office of Public Works as part of its ongoing programme of works. External contracts directly associated with the renovation work total €568,076 inclusive of VAT. In addition, direct landscaping contracts came to €30,748 inclusive of VAT." [3]
Note that he only quoted the cost of external contracts, although the OPW had done "much of the renovation work". This distinction was missed by the journalists and an incorrect figure entered the public domain.
I'll do some more research as I think the cost of this project is an important part of the Farmleigh story and should be recorded. Scartboy ( talk) 20:07, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Anyone know the origin of the name Farmleigh? Snappy ( talk) 22:59, 13 June 2011 (UTC)