Ground rents on Leinster House and Royal Hospital
The Minister said neither property currently has ground rent payable. Leinster House was rent-free when vested in 1877; rent on Leinster Lawn ended when the State acquired it in 1973, and the Royal Hospital was vested in the Minister in 1962.
asked the Minister for Finance if ground rents are paid on Leinster House and the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin; to whom such rents are paid; and the amount involved.
Comment on this
There are no ground rents payable in respect of Leinster House or the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham.
Comment on this
Leinster House was vested in the Commissioners of Public Works under an Act of 1877 and it was then free of ground rent. There was ground rent payable in respect of Leinster Lawn until November, 1973 but the State acquired that by a conveyance of 1st November, 1973. The position in relation to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, is that it was vested in the Minister for Finance under the Royal Hospital (Kilmainham) Act, 1962.