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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (6 Dec 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 190 and 191 together. The Deputy will be aware that the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group (the Group) was established by the Government in early 2016.  The Group was established, at that time, following severe flooding arising from exceptional weather conditions between December 2015 and January 2016.  The Group’s...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Offices (6 Dec 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) manages a property portfolio in excess of 2,500 properties ranging from heritage buildings, commercial office blocks, green field sites, warehouses, Coast Guard Stations and Garda Stations.  Given the types and age of these properties, most are not suited to residential use or would require significant investment to comply with current building...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (6 Dec 2022)

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 location concerned does not form part of any Arterial Drainage Scheme which would fall under the remit of the OPW. The maintenance of all drainage schemes carried out under earlier Acts, known...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (6 Dec 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Skibbereen Flood Relief Scheme was substantially completed on 6th June 2019.  All known defects arising from the construction have been remedied, with some delays as a result of COVID-19. Planning for the operation and maintenance of the scheme is ongoing in conjunction with Cork County Council, who will act as agents of the OPW in carrying out the statutory operation and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (1 Dec 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: Westgate House, Narrow West Street, Drogheda, County Louth is in the ownership of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland. Officials in my Department have informed me that the sales contract to transfer the property to Louth County Council is currently being reviewed, in consultation with the Chief State Solicitor's Office. The contract will then be forwarded to the solicitors acting on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (30 Nov 2022)

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. Arterial drainage maintenance is an ongoing programme of works of a cyclical nature, typically every four to six years. Each year, the OPW prepares an annual arterial drainage maintenance...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works sustainably protects and conserves the heritage sites, buildings, parks and gardens entrusted to its care, with an emphasis on conservation quality and standards. OPW considers that it is fulfilling its objectives at the Obelisk. The Monument itself is in good condition and is neither deteriorating nor neglected. The site is visited by maintenance staff on a regular...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Chairman and the committee for facilitating me and the Office of Public Works, OPW.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I might be back. As Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW and flood relief, I am here to propose a technical Supplementary Estimate for the OPW. The net Estimate in respect of the OPW Vote for 2022 is €581.5 million. I am pleased to inform the committee that this Supplementary Estimate is, in effect, Exchequer-neutral and the additional gross expenditure of €36.9...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Deputy. I should have said at the start that I am joined by my officials from the finance section of the OPW, based in Kilkenny. As regards idle buildings, we in the OPW have a programme that we are accelerating in terms of the disposal of properties that are no longer required. Obviously, some properties within the estate will continue to require ongoing levels of security and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can get that confirmed momentarily but, off the top of my head, the last time I checked before answering questions in the Dáil it was of the order of 38 buildings. I will confirm that for the Deputy. There are issues relating to title in respect of a number of properties. For example, many previously owned Garda stations that may have come into the care of An Garda...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: There is a variety of different uses. For instance, in Kilgarvan, in County Kerry, through Kerry County Council it is being used for their community council. They will obviously look to have rooms as well that will be used for other agencies. In Roscommon, for example, a visitor centre centred on John McGahern was put into an old Garda station from an old OPW property. The uses are...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The successes are varied and the challenges are immense in terms of the delivery of protection to communities across the country. I am viewing them from a policy point of view as climate adaptation and that these are responses to serious events that can happen in terms of both the tide and river basin management. They can have an impact, which is getting worse thanks to climate change. ...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: Last week, in western Germany and eastern Belgium, they told us of the event that happened last July 12 months when 220 people lost their lives in an event the likes of which they had never seen previously. The opening salvo out of all of the commentary was that they had ever seen anything like that previously. In Bridgetown, County Wexford, last year, the first thing they said to me was...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The event in Cork that the Deputy is referring to was in Fermoy. It was an alarm on a sump pump that unfortunately was disconnected from a power source. Cork County Council is investigating that. However, in regard to the schemes across Munster for the last major event, which was only last October, in all of the towns for which protection has been put in place - Ennis, Cappamore, Newcastle...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will, and for the minor works as well. I would say to the Chairman and to Deputy Durkan that if there is a way of encouraging local authorities to be more imaginative around sending in applications, the minor works applications in particular, we would welcome that.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to inform the Deputy that I have been informed by An Garda Siochána (AGS) that they have recently included Laytown Garda Station on the draft Capital Programme for 2022 – 2030. AGS are currently preparing a brief of requirements and a business case and will be requesting the Office of Public Works (OPW) to consider the provision of a site in the town suitable for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: Work on designing and constructing a viable flood relief scheme for the Borrisoleigh area is planned to progress within the lifetime of the National Development Plan and the Government has committed funding for this scheme. The potential measures would protect at-risk properties against the 1% AEP Fluvial flood event by a combination of flood defences and improved channel conveyance. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (23 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to inform the Deputy that the designation of Portlaoise as a Divisional HQ for the Laois/Offaly/Kildare Division placed greater importance on this project being delivered. The Portlaoise Garda Station project will meet all the operational, functional and accommodation requirements demanded by the new Garda operation model. To accommodate all the brief requirements the following...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid to Limerick City and County Council for restoration and maintenance of roads in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57870/22]