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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (2 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme was the largest study of flood risk in the country, studying the flood risk for some two thirds of the population. Following this CFRAM assessment and study, Galway City Council appointed consultant engineers in November 2020 to design a detailed option to protect the city from a significant flood event in the future. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (2 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Ballincollig Weir, which is part of Ballincollig Regional Park, is in the ownership of Cork City Council since the boundary change between Cork County and City in June 2019. The Weir had apparently been in disrepair for many years before a breach occurred in December 2014, which has left the weir in extremely poor condition. While there are no hydraulic benefits to the Lower Lee Flood...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (2 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Kilmainham Gaol, National Monument 675, opened in 1796 as the new County Gaol for Dublin and closed in 1924. Today the building symbolises the tradition of militant and constitutional nationalism from the rebellion of 1798 to the Irish Civil War of 1922-23. Leaders of the rebellions of 1798, 1803, 1848, 1867 and 1916 were detained and in some cases executed here. The Kilmainham complex...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (2 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW), as the lead agency for flood risk management, is coordinating the delivery of measures towards meeting the Government’s National Flood Risk Policy. A broad range of structural and non-structural measures have already been implemented to address flood risk under an approach structured around three pillars: prevention, protection and preparedness. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (2 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has a statutory remit for the maintenance of the Maine Arterial Drainage Scheme under the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945. The area in question does not form part of this Arterial Drainage Scheme. Furthermore, the OPW has no responsibility for Uisce Éireann infrastructure or approval of its plans for its infrastructure. Local flooding, is in the first...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (2 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works (CPW) that there are three unused properties in County Clare that are in the ownership of the Commissioners. 1. Unit 153, Shannon Business Park, Shannon Unit 153, Shannon Business Park, was acquired by the CPW as a solution to meet the long-term requirements of the Department of Transport and a range of other State bodies in the area. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Island Communities (2 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: An Blascaod Mór is the largest island of the Blasket islands, an archipelago located off the coast of west Kerry. The island is a nationally significant heritage site due to the important literary and cultural output of its tiny community in the first half of the 20th century and the substantial collection of books – nearly 100 in all - that have been written about life on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (2 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management or CFRAM Programme, the largest study of flood risk in the state, was completed by the OPW in 2018. The output from this study was the Flood Risk Management Plans that are providing the evidence for a proactive approach for designing and constructing 150 flood relief schemes for the most at-risk communities. Since 2018, the OPW has trebled...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (2 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together. The Office of Public Works can confirm that Garda stations in Kildare and Wicklow are subject of internal renovation, retrofitting and or capital works. The Garda Stations, the nature of the works and the stage the projects are at are presented in tabulated format below. As these projects are at various stages of the tender /...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to inform the Deputy that work is progressing on the redevelopment of Portlaoise Garda Station and a new building is currently being constructed on a site beside the Irish Prison Service College in Portlaoise which will reach substantial completion at the end of May 2024. This will be made available to the Department of Defence for their usage. The accommodation of other users would be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Bray Head Church, also known as Raheen-A-Cluig Church, Newcourt, Bray, Co Wicklow is a National Monument, protected by the National Monuments Acts 1930-2014 and in the Guardianship of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and is already in the ownership of Wicklow County Council. Any change to the Guardianship arrangement of the site is a matter for the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The closure of the Bray-Greystones Cliff Walk route and any associated remedial works is a matter for Wicklow County Council to investigate and address.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The OPW were made aware that the pontoon at the Skellig Visitor Centre was in a state of disrepair in late December 2023. It was necessary to prohibit access to the public due to Health and Safety concerns in the short-term. A company specialising in marine repairs was recently engaged and an inspection was carried out on the structure after which a number of issues were identified....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Road Traffic Offences (8 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Following an extensive public consultation process, the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Study Post-Consultation Report was published in 2021 which included a number of key recommendations including a reduction of the speed limit in the Park from 50 kilometres per hour to 30 kilometres per hour. The lower speed limit was introduced for public safety. There has been a reduction...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (8 May 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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Candidates deemed not suitable at interview to progress to the next stage were advised by email correspondence on 25th April 2024. The candidates deemed suitable at interview to progress to the next stage were advised by email correspondence on 25th April 2024 - that we will be in touch with them in the near future regarding arrangements for the next stage.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (9 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Local flooding is a matter in the first instance for each local authority to investigate and address. The Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme was introduced by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in 2009. The purpose of the Scheme is to provide funding to Local Authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works or studies to address localised fluvial flooding and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Industry (14 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Kilkenny Castle, with a history of over eight hundred years, is one of Ireland’s most popular heritage sites and last year attracted over half a million people on guided tours of the Castle while nearly nine hundred thousand visited its fifty acres of rolling parkland. Other features include a formal terraced rose garden, woodlands and a man-made lake, which were added in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (14 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Office of Public Works, as the lead agency for flood risk management, is coordinating the delivery of measures towards meeting the Government’s National Flood Risk Policy. Since 2018, a phased approach to scheme delivery, in partnership with local authorities, has allowed the OPW to treble the number of schemes at design, planning or construction at this time to some 100...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (14 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The total number of WTE Fire and Security Engineers Grade 2 and 1 in OPW from 2022-2024 are as follows: 2022 Grade 2 - 1 Grade 1 - 1 2023 Grade 2 - 1 Grade 1 - 1 2024 Grade 2 - 1 Grade 1 - 1 A Grade 2 Engineer - Fire and Security has been advertised and closed on 8th March 2024. PAS is currently arranging interviews.