Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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427.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times in the past five years the elevator in Kilmainham Gaol has ceased to function and the cost of call out maintenance fees in each instance, in tabular form..[35052/24]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Kilmainham Gaol, National Monument 675, opened in 1796 as the new County Gaol for Dublin and closed in 1924. Today the building symbolises the tradition of militant and constitutional nationalism from the rebellion of 1798 to the Irish Civil War of 1922-23. Leaders of the rebellions of 1798, 1803, 1848, 1867 and 1916 were detained and in some cases executed here.

The Kilmainham complex is spread across two buildings, the Gaol itself incorporating the Kilmainham Gaol Museum and the adjacent Kilmainham Courthouse which was acquired from the Dept. of Justice to provide enhanced Visitor Facilities for the Gaol as part of the 1916 Centenary Commemorations.

The lift in question is covered by a fully comprehensive maintenance contract under which all repairs are included. However, there were three instances of call-out fees for issues that fell outside of this contract and these are included below.