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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Weather Events (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: My officials are currently looking into this matter and I will revert to the Deputy shortly with a more substantive response.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group (the Group) was established by the Government in early 2016 and is chaired by the OPW. Meetings of the Group are held bi-annually and the most recent meeting was held on the 11thOctober 2023. The previous meeting was held on 26th April 2023. The Group met twice in 2022, on 27thApril and 20thOctober. Minutes of the Groups...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waterways Issues (9 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of arterial drainage schemes and flood relief schemes completed under the Arterial Drainage Acts, 1945 and 1995, as amended. The responsibility for maintenance of all drainage schemes carried out by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland under earlier Acts, known as Drainage Districts, was conferred on the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (9 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Mar aitheantas ar an ardú sa chostas maireachtála agus ar mhaithe le tuilleadh teaghlaigh a mhealladh isteach sa scéim, cuireadh ardaithe éagsúla anuraidh leis na tacaíochtaí a íoctar faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Geailge. San áireamh anseo:Tháinig ardú 20% ó €10 go €12 ar an bhfóirdheontas a íoctar...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (9 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Ag an tráth seo, tá gach éileamh íocaíochta atá ar chumas mo Roinne a íoc i leith cúrsaí a reáchtáladh sna Coláistí Gaeilge i samhradh 2023 próiseáilte ag Rannóg na gColáistí Gaeilge agus seolta chuig Rannóg Airgeadais de chuid na Roinne. Déanfar na híocaíochtaí seo leis na...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (8 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has recommended the development of a Flood Relief Scheme for the town of Holycross as a result of the work completed in the Suir Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Study. Tipperary County Council as the Lead Authority, with funding provided by the Government's €1.3bn investment in flood relief works under the National Development...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (8 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has recommended the development of a Flood Relief Scheme for the town of Knocklofty as a result of the work completed in the Suir Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Study. Tipperary County Council as the Lead Authority, with funding provided by the OPW, are currently advancing the Scheme through Stage 1. Consultants, Ayesa, have been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (8 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Cavan County Council is the lead authority in the delivery of Cavan Town Flood Relief Scheme. The Council is working in partnership with the Office of Public Works and funding for this scheme has been allocated under the €1.3bn investment in flood relief under the National Development Plan to 2030. Engineering and environmental consultants were appointed to the scheme in May 2022....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Castletown House is an eighteenth-century neo-Palladian country house built within an extensive estate.In 1994, the Office of Public Works took responsibility for Castletown House and estate. Initially, this was only 13 acres of land with the house. It has long been the policy of the OPW to seek to reunite the historic Castletown estate. In 1997, one hundred acres south of the house was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for leading and co-ordinating the implementation of Ireland’s national flood policy, which includes the development of a planned programme of feasible works for flood relief schemes. In 2018, to facilitate the development of a programme of works, the OPW completed a strategic study - the National Catchment Flood Risk Assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is likely that climate change will have significant impacts on flooding and flood risk in Ireland due to rising sea levels, increased rainfall in winter, more heavy rain days and more intense storms. The Office of Public Works (OPW) has undertaken a range of initiatives to ensure that appropriate adaptive approaches are prepared for these projected climate changes and their associated...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: There is an existing Flood Relief Scheme in place in Mornington, Co. Meath providing protection to 162 properties. After the August 2023 flood event in the Mornington/Bettystown area a senior level group involving the OPW and Meath County Council was established to review the event and any additional measures in the Mornington/Bettystown area that may now be required. The OPW instructed RPS...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for leading and co-ordinating the implementation of Ireland’s national flood policy, which includes the development of a planned programme of feasible works for flood relief schemes. In 2018, to facilitate the development of a programme of works, the OPW completed a strategic study - the National Catchment Flood Risk Assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: In 2018, the Office of Public Works (OPW) completed the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme – Ireland’s largest study of flood risk. This studied the flood risk for two-thirds of the population against their risk of flooding from rivers and the sea. An output of the CFRAM Programme, the OPW’s Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs) provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Additional time is needed to collate the information requested. The OPW will respond directly to the Deputy

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of arterial drainage schemes completed under the Arterial Drainage Acts, 1945 and 1995, as amended. The location in question forms part of the Maine Arterial Drainage Scheme. The OPW has raised and strengthened several kilometres of flood defence embankments protecting this polder. The South West Region Office monitor...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The table gives details of buildings in the ownership of the Office of Public Works (OPW) in the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown area. The OPW does not hold details of buildings in the ownership of other State bodies. The day-to-day utilisation of these buildings is managed by the occupants. Building Name Address Eircode Occupier/Use Security Hut...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: OPW held constructive meetings on site with the National Monuments Service of the Department for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to agree details of the continued structural supports that will be needed to safeguard Cairn T. OPW’s Structural engineers are finalising detailed plans regarding permanent structural support work to replace the temporary prop currently in situ. It...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 and 358 together. The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme – Ireland’s largest study of flood risk – was completed by the Office of Public Works in 2018. This studied the flood risk for two-thirds of the population against their risk of flooding from rivers and the sea. An output of the CFRAM Programme, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme – Ireland’s largest study of flood risk – was completed by the Office of Public Works in 2018. This studied the flood risk for two-thirds of the population against their risk of flooding from rivers and the sea. An output of the CFRAM Programme, the Government’s Flood Risk Management Plans provide...