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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: The one in one in a hundred year event is now to be noted with inverted commas. That concept of a flood has been blown out of the water with the two incidents of flooding in 2009 and 2015. That has been a reality check for everybody. We had thought that we had the flood in 2009 and we would not see such an event again for another hundred years. Last December put paid to that notion. We...

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: In all my discussions with the members of the interdepartmental group and with the agencies such as the National Parks and Wildlife, I have never heard anybody say that rivers should not be cleared. There is a case for the flow of water. We must get water from A to Z. We start at the outfall, be it the sea, and we work our way back. We must have flow and how we achieve that flow is by...

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: Deputy Burke raised the concerns expressed about the cost benefit analysis. It is important to state at the outset that if we spend public money we need to show that we are getting a benefit. Where there is a major scheme, one cannot say that one will spend €20 million to save a house. We must ensure that we are getting the optimum benefit for the money we spend. We must remember...

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 acknowledge the Chairman's words on Durrow Abbey House. The OPW will arrange a meeting shortly with the people involved and when they meet, if they jointly feel that mediation is the way to go, they can set out the ground rules by which it will work. I will speak to my officials about the other issue raised, which was about bullying. I do not think we should discuss personnel disputes...

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 last matter refers to insurance. The Chairman is probably referring to the humanitarian aid available under a scheme operated by the Department of Social Protection. We have to be careful here. There might be a limited number of individual cases with a particular set of circumstances where there is a lot more involved. We could examine them. The problem, however, is that we have 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: It is a problem to determine who owns them at times, but Waterways Ireland is-----

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 will make one comment in that regard.

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: There are different standards. The ISO standards would be used. Also, take flood relief projects for example, a programme is set up and that is all fed into the outputs. They are all standard key performance indicators and an analysis is carried out.

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: There is one comment I wish to make. The Chairman mentioned the flooding in Kilkenny and reviewing the video or the pictures of how the work was done. That reminded me of the work being carried out in Claregalway at the moment. Work is being carried out on the bridge and the channels underneath are being deepened. These are fantastic engineering projects and future engineers will look at...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: I have been advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that they have been in discussion with Louth County Council in relation to the condition of Westgate House. The Council has agreed to redecorate the façade of the building. The future use of the property is currently being considered in line with OPW stated policy and, upon completion of this review, the issue of the restoration...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: It is a matter for Kerry County Council (KCC) in the first instance to investigate and address issues of coastal protection and flooding at the location indicated. If, following assessment, KCC can identify any economically and environmentally viable measures to address the flooding problem at this location, it is open to the Council to undertake any required remedial works using its own...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: It is a matter for Kerry County Council (KCC) in the first instance to investigate and address issues of coastal protection and flooding at the location indicated. If, following assessment, KCC can identify any economically and environmentally viable measures to address the flooding problem at this location it is open to KCC to undertake any required remedial works using its own resources....

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (27 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: I am grateful to the Deputy for raising this question, which gives me an opportunity to address the House on the subject. The Office of Public Works has been working in close co-operation with Kilkenny County Council in recent years to assist the council in developing an application for funding assistance under the OPW's minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme to deal...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (27 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: I thank the Deputy for that. I will get somebody to sing "Galway Bay" because I do not have-----

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (27 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: -----the qualities to do that but I thank him for his kind words.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (27 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: I have received a submission from the Mid-Shannon Flood Relief Group. The core strategy for addressing the significant flood risks nationally, and in the Shannon River Basin District generally, is the Office of Public Works' (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. There are 66 locations in the Shannon River Basin District and 300 locations nationwide that are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (27 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: The Lower Morrell River flood relief scheme is being progressed by Kildare County Council (KCC) as the Contracting Authority for the scheme with funding provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Following the completion of a full Feasibility Study, Cost Benefit Analysis and Environmental Impact Statement by the consultants designing the scheme, KCC is proceeding with the detailed design...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (27 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: Tachadoe ancient monastic settlement and Round Tower Co. Kildare is a National Monument in the care of the Office of Public Works. Structural issues within the walls of the Church are under investigation by a specialist Architectural Conservancy firm and its report is expected by the end of the year. The Round Tower at the site is unaffected. Any works proposals contemplated, whether they...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (27 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works (OPW) owns properties in the grounds of Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) in the Phoenix Park. These properties have to date been managed by OSI who are about to commence a schedule of works which includes replacing guttering, rainwater pipes and chimney repairs.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes (27 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: The channel referred to by the Deputy forms part of the River Maine Catchment Drainage Scheme, which falls under the remit of the Office of Public Works (OPW) under the 1945 Arterial Drainage Act. Each year the OPW carries out work to approximately 2,000km of channels and some 200 structures around the country as part of its ongoing and rolling arterial drainage maintenance programme....