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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: Insurance Ireland has met the OPW on a number of occasions since the memorandum of understanding was put in place and we have had ongoing discussions. I have met Insurance Ireland and we have come to an understanding that we need to meet regularly. We will meet four times a year and the OPW will chair the meetings. We need to get the Department of Finance more involved. I have asked the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: On demountable flood defences, the Deputy can rest assured the full weight of the Department is being used to deal with Insurance Ireland. At the first meeting I had with it the issue of demountable flood defences arose because what is being put in place is of the highest standard in Europe and the defences have been proved to work. We have given all of the protocols required for their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: I reassure the Deputy that we have teeth and that it is being done. On a very serious note, I have said publicly that if there are particular instances where people are being refused insurance, if I receive the evidence of what is going on, I can deal with it first-hand with Insurance Ireland. Members may rest assured that the Department is not investing money in demountable flood defences...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: The electrical installation at Barryscourt was found to be totally defective and did not meet current regulations. The problem has been made worse by the fact that there is water ingress into the castle and works to deal with the issue cannot be progressed until the electrical and water problems are solved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: The Deputy asked when it might open. It is expected to open in 2018. I do not have a specific budget and it is in the overall national monuments budget. We will try to dig it out for the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: I fully appreciate where the Deputy is coming from as we are from the same constituency. We have a good appreciation for what has happened in Galway, as well as other areas that saw flooding over the winter period? She asked about the cost of CFRAMS. The cost at this stage is estimated, at the time of completion, to be €35 million for 300 projects brought through the process. As it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: Did the Deputy get any answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: Yes. I am sure the Deputy made submission on that during the process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: We will come back with a written reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: Let me clarify. I said that the CFRAM process when it is complete will have 300 projects and a ten-year timeframe. I never said that no project would be completed for ten years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: Absolutely. If we got through it in ten years it would be a major achievement, given that we have had no investment for many years in the area of flood defences or flood relief. We are now following a strategic plan, which is to be welcomed. We have the money to do it and will do it, but we will not do it all in one year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: For further clarification, first, this is not a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts. Second, we will spend €430 million in the first five years from 2016 to 2021. More funding will be made available after that. I wish to reiterate in order that the public knows this that money is being spent on flood defences in a serious way. We will be cranking up expenditure each year...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: The Deputy asked how much we will have spent by the end of the year. We are on target to meet our spend. The projects in hand at the moment are the ones in Ennis, the South Campshire in Dublin, Claregalway, Bandon, Skibbereen, Foynes, Dunkellin, Bray, the River Dodder and Waterford city phases 2 to 4. I believe we will do advance works in Morrison's Island in Cork as well as all the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: What do I say to the people about south Galway? As the Deputy knows, Galway County Council has made an application to the OPW for funding to commence works on the design of the initiatives for south Galway. GSI has been engaged to carry out further modelling of the turloughs which are a major issue down there. The object of the exercise is to present a strategic plan where we will try to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: Second.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: When the public consultation process began, Senator Kieran O'Donnell rang me directly. In fairness, he made the position clear at that stage. I suppose I would say that no process is infallible and that is why we have public consultation. The public consultation process was worthwhile for particular reasons. There is a particularly unique issue with Castleconnell and Montpelier. As I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: -----and bring forward a flood defence project or proposals for it. They will bring them to the local people as part of consultation process. That process has begun and we will keep the Senator informed of what is happening. There was a unique reason for it being left out. It was not deliberately left out, it was merely because of the unique aspect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: The reason was the flood event of 2015-2016 was exceptionally severe, more extreme even than the Shannon flood of 2009, which, at the time, was the most extreme on record by a significant margin. The CFRAM flood study maps for Castleconell were developed prior to the flooding of last winter, making use of the information available at that time including information on the 2009 event. The...