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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Projects (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The OPW will respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Surveys (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The OPW will respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility on behalf of the State for managing and maintaining a substantial and complex estate of approximately 2,500 properties. This extensive and diverse portfolio of State properties includes office accommodation for all Government Departments, the property estate for An Garda Síochána and numerous properties for many State Agencies....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility on behalf of the State for managing and maintaining a substantial and complex estate of approximately 2,500 properties. This extensive and diverse portfolio of State properties includes office accommodation for all Government Departments, the property estate for An Garda Síochána, laboratories, warehouses as well as cultural...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The OPW will respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: There have been 4 applications for funding under The Office of Public Works (OPW), Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme submitted by Wexford County Council (WCC), for the location concerned. In April 2021, funding of €36,000 was approved to enable WCC undertake a detailed design study for this location, with further funding of €367,740 approved in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The one-way system on the North Road has been in place now since February 2022. This followed a successful pilot of recommendations that were set out in the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Study. There is currently signage and line marking in place to advise all road users of the one-way system. The installation of planters is one of a variety of options which are being...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I and my Office of Public Works officials have been working intensively over the summer with Roscommon County Council, state bodies and engineering and environmental consultants to progress the interim plan and works for Lough Funshinagh which includes seeking planning consent from An Bord Pleanála for the Curraghboy temporary pipeline and pumping solution ahead of next winter. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Projects (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The OPW will respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Projects (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The OPW will respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The OPW will respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for leading and co-ordinating the implementation of Ireland’s National Flood Policy, which includes the development of a planned programme of feasible works for flood relief schemes. In 2018, to facilitate the development of a national programme of works, the OPW completed a strategic study - the National Catchment Flood Risk...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for leading and co-ordinating the implementation of Ireland’s National Flood Policy, which includes the development of a planned programme of feasible works for flood relief schemes. In 2018, to facilitate the development of a national programme of works, the OPW completed a strategic study - the National Catchment Flood Risk...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 and 398 together. The OPW needs more time to collate the information and will respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme was introduced by the Government in 2017 to address the very serious flooding of those homes that flooded in the Winter of 2015/16, including those homes flooded by turloughs. To be eligible for assistance under this once-off Scheme, a homeowner had to meet a number of conditions, including that floodwater entered and damaged the building during or...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW) does not control the disused church called the Coolie Chapel, which is on the grounds of St. Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park. The church is under the administration of the HSE. The OPW cares for the grounds surrounding the church. The OPW has restored the perimeter wall and has undertaken work to repair gravestones in the curtilage of the church.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 405 and 425 together. I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the approach of the Office of Public Works (OPW) to managing vacant and surplus properties such as the former Garda station and residence at Brosna is firstly to establish if the property is required for alternative state use. This would include the potential for it to be re-purposed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The OPW is committed to providing apprenticeships across a wide range of skills including offering apprenticeships in stone cutting and stone masonry, in carpentry and joinery, in wood manufacturing and finishing, in painting and decorating, in arboriculture and as a civil engineering technician, a commis chef or a metal fabrication and construction plant fitter. The main contractor for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Assets (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works (OPW) that they, like other State bodies, are obliged to follow central Government policies on the disposal of surplus properties. The arrangements involved are set out in the following Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) Circulars:Circular 11/2015: Protocols for the Transfer and Sharing of State Property...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (9 Sep 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility on behalf of the State for managing and maintaining a substantial and complex estate of approximately 2,500 properties. This extensive and diverse portfolio of State properties includes office accommodation for all Government Departments, the property estate for An Garda Síochána and numerous properties for many State Agencies. The...