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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: A new ten-year capital plan is in the process of being finalised. The plan, which will be published alongside the new national planning framework, Ireland 2040, will set out the Government's intentions on public capital investment beyond 2021. Details on the exact level of funding over the period 2022 to 2027 cannot be confirmed in advance of the publication of the plan. The Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: There 130 projects coming from CFRAM, of which 47 prioritise that. I need €1 billion to cover all flood sites.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Erne catchment is being assessed under the Office of Public Works and co-operation with the river section in the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. This co-operation is part of the joint implementation of the EU flood directive, and therefore the Erne catchment in both Ireland and Northern Ireland is fully assessed as part of the CFRAM study. On the Erne catchment,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme, which is being undertaken by engineering consultants on behalf of the OPW working in partnership with the local authorities, involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme, which is being undertaken by engineering consultants on behalf of the OPW working in partnership with the local authorities, involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Minister for Finance has overall responsibility for the Government’s flood insurance policy. The Office of Public Works is continuing to deliver a significant programme of capital investment to address existing flood risks to properties and infrastructure through major and minor flood relief projects, in partnership with local authorities. To the end of 2017, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) carries out a programme of Arterial Drainage Maintenance to a total of 11,500 km of river channel and approximately 730 km of embankments nationally. These maintenance works relate to arterial drainage schemes completed by the OPW under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995. The OPW has a statutory duty to maintain the completed schemes in proper repair...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties Data (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: I have been advised by my officials that the Office of Public Works has been notified by two Local Authorities that three sites have been placed on a vacant sites register. Two sites identified by Dublin City Council at St. John’s Road/Military Road, which are in effect one site. Dublin City Council has estimated the levy liability at €517,500. This case is currently under...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties Data (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Commissioners of Public Works, on behalf of the State, manage a large and diverse property portfolio, which ranges from office accommodation to heritage properties, visitors centres, Garda stations, among others. As is typical of such large portfolios, there will always be a number of properties, at any given time, that are vacant. These are currently being retained because of their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has an existing capital programme of major flood relief schemes which includes eight schemes currently at construction, eight further schemes to be advanced to construction in 2018 and 18 additional schemes at various stages of design/planning. Work is also ongoing on 10 schemes which are completed/substantially completed and operational but which have some...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government is the lead Government Department with responsibility for co-ordinating the national emergency response for severe weather events such as Storms Ophelia and Eleanor. In discharging the Department's responsibilities in that role, the Major Emergency Management Unit of the Department co-ordinates, collates and reports on assessments of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (23 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The number of visitors to Maynooth Castle for the years in question were as follows: Year Total Visitor Numbers to Maynooth Castle Numbers that availed of a guided tour. Total Visitor Numbers to Maynooth Castle 2014 25,2682014 15,38425,268 2015 21,8432015 10,81921,843 2016 21,8922016 10,09121,892 2017 (Provisional & subject to change) 22,7862017 (Provisional & subject...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each location, the development of preliminary flood risk management options and the production of Flood Risk Management Plans. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The data gathered from the recently installed Hydrometric Gauge on the Hazelhatch Stream has assisted and informed the OPW and Kildare County Council engineers in analysing and identifying the causes of recent flooding in the area. The OPW understands that the more frequent flooding experienced in the area was due to a blockage of the culverts at Willow Dale and Willow Avenue...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Derelict Sites (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: Under Section 28(2) of the State Property Act, 1954, land vested in or held in trust for a body corporate immediately prior to its dissolution, (other than land held by such body in trust for another person) becomes property of the State in the person of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The interest acquired by the Minister is described as a defeasible interest as it may be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Commissioners of Public Works have no current requirement for additional accommodation in the Killarney area and therefore it is not intended to purchase the property.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Flood Relief Schemes Status (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: I thank the Senator for raising this matter today and I am pleased to provide an update on the Glashaboy flood relief scheme, Glanmire, County Cork. Good progress is being made in advancing this much needed scheme. I have visited many of the areas in Cork that have experienced flooding and I am fully committed to ensuring that the flooding problems in these areas are dealt with as quickly...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Flood Relief Schemes Status (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: I can assure the Senator that no one knows more about the hardship which has been caused to these people than I do because I have visited many of the areas affected. I fully appreciate where the Senator is coming from. He does a lot of good work in the area. I assure him that as soon as we get approval, I will ensure engineers from the OPW work with the local authority to speed up the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (25 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) owns the site known as Murdock’s Carpark which incorporates Westgate House and the remains of the old town wall. For the past number of years a portion of land to the rear of Westgate House and in front of the Garda Station has been managed, by agreement, by Louth County Council (LCC) for the purpose of a public car park. All charges in relation to this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: Stepaside Garda is in the full ownership of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland. The station was closed on 14 March 2013 as part of the rationalisation programme of An Garda Síochána, as announced in the 2013 Policing Plan. The Commissioners put a guardianship arrangement in place with Camelot in 2014. My officials have advised Camelot that, in accordance with the...