The Ministry of Transport has responded to the reports of the Auditor General, Odysseus Michaelides, on the purchase of the Metropolitan building for the purpose of housing the Ministry of Labour, through a written statement.
This is the response statement:
At the time of the assessment of the building in question, it was originally decided that it would house the services of the Ministry of Transport. Subsequently, in the context of the broader planning for the housing of state services, and taking into account first and foremost the safety criterion and the urgency of the need to relocate the services, as well as the location of the buildings to better serve the citizens, it was decided to give priority to using this building for the housing needs of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, due to the dangerousness of the existing building of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Related to the above is the Decision of the Council of Ministers, dated 10 March 2021.
Based on the above, it follows that the decision to use the "Metropolitan" building for the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance was taken on the basis of appropriate planning, with a view to better planning for the housing of government services.
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