Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Office of Public works (OPW) was not involved in the provision of the new Patrickswell Community Centre, and did not provide funding for same.

During the construction phase of the Community Centre, OPW staff provided advice to the community group’s design team, specifically regarding the boundary treatment to the rear of their development. The new Community Centre shares a boundary with Patrickswell Garda Station, which is within the responsibility of OPW. OPW negotiated a solution to the boundary, to provide a concrete retaining wall for additional security and to adequately separate both sites. The cost of the boundary treatment upgrade was accepted by OPW, at a total cost of €60,797.95 inclusive of VAT and design team fees.

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Between 2002 and 2021, three separate flood relief schemes were designed and constructed in Ennis: the River Fergus (Ennis) Upper Certified Drainage Scheme, the River Fergus (Ennis) Lower Certified Drainage Scheme, and the River Fergus (Ennis South) Flood Relief Scheme. The Ennis South Flood Relief Scheme represents the final of three flood defence schemes throughout the town.

The Ennis South Flood Relief Scheme included the construction of new culverts at St Flannan’s and Ballybeg, pumpstation, sluices and attendant drainage requirements and sheetpiling along the old embankments at Clareabbey.

Under the auspices of the Scheme Climate Change Adaption Plan project for Ennis, the Office of Public Works is currently preparing to tender for the production of post-scheme mapping for Ennis that considers all three schemes in their entirety. A contract notice and request for tenders to undertake this work is due to be issued in the second half of this year.