Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)

Photo of Patrick O'DonovanPatrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The Burnfoot scheme, which is to protect 49 properties, will be going for planning this year. The Castlefin scheme is to protect 35 properties and will be going for planning permission this year. The Raphoe scheme will be going for planning permission in March or April. That is a big scheme covering 387 properties. The Glenties scheme is smaller. Public consultation on it will end in May. The Ramelton scheme is to protect 37 properties, and an application for planning permission for that will hopefully be lodged next year. The Lifford scheme is quite big and complicated because of the nature of the location. A planning application is expected to be lodged in 2025. A planning application in respect of the Ballybofey scheme is expected to be lodged in April 2024. On the Buncrana scheme, an application for planning permission will be lodged in April 2024. The Downings scheme will be subject to public consultation up to April. All of those schemes are at various stages within the planning process.