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Insurance Costs: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: We did not debate it.

Insurance Costs: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: I am pleased to be in the House. It is a great honour to be a Member of the Thirty-second Dáil and to have heard the contributions of many new and returning Members on all sides of the House. I hope this Dáil lasts for some period of time. It is a surreal experience to see everyone talking as though everything is normal when we are in a situation that is anything but normal. I...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Staff (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The OPW proposes to recruit a total of 18 Seasonal Guides at Kilkenny Castle for the coming summer period. These positions will be offered on short term contracts of varying lengths ranging from 5 to 9 months and will supplement the existing Permanent Guide workforce during the peak summer months. The Permanent Guide cohort at Kilkenny now numbers 10 in total, 2 new Permanent appointees...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: Local flooding issues are a matter in the first instance for each local authority to investigate and address. They may carry out flood alleviation works using their own resources or, if necessary, apply to the Office of Public Works (OPW) for funding under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. This administrative scheme generally applies to relatively...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: Local flooding issues are, in the first instance, a matter for each local authority to investigate and address. They may carry out flood alleviation works from their own resources or apply to the Office of Public Works (OPW) for funding under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. This purpose of this scheme is to provide funding to local authorities to undertake...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Expenditure (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 128 together. It is a matter for Cavan and Monaghan County Councils in the first instance to identify and address minor or localised flooding issues in their counties. It is open to the Councils to undertake any local flood mitigation works using their own resources or, if necessary, to submit an application for funding under the Office of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The policy of the Office of Public Works (OPW) with regard to non-operational (vacant) properties and sites is to: 1. Identify if the property is required/suitable for alternative State use by Government departments or the wider public sector. 2. If there is no other State use identified for a property, the OPW will then consider disposing of the property on the open market if and when...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: This embankment is part of the 96 kilometres of flood defence embankments on the River Maine Catchment Drainage Scheme which is maintained by the Office of Public Works (OPW).  OPW is prioritising the repair of flood defences which have suffered damage in the storms of recent years.  Prioritisation is based on the severity of damage suffered and the number of properties which are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The query relates to part of the River Maine Catchment Drainage Scheme which is maintained by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Regional staff of the OPW have liaised regularly with the person named. Excessive rainfall has been experienced in recent months which has resulted in a high water table throughout the catchment. The OPW will continue to monitor the situation.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: As outlined to the Deputy in previous replies to Parliamentary Questions on this subject, the channel in question is part of the River Maine Catchment Drainage Scheme which was carried out by the Office of Public Works (OPW) under the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945. The OPW continues to have a statutory responsibility for the maintenance of this scheme. Each year the OPW carries out work to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (21 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: Local flooding issues are, in the first instance, a matter for each local authority to investigate and address. They may carry out flood alleviation works from their own resources or apply to the Office of Public Works (OPW) for funding under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. The purpose of this scheme is to provide funding to local authorities to undertake...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (26 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The Irish Coastal Protection Strategy Study (ICPSS) has surveyed and assessed the coastal erosion risk along the entire national coastline and this information is available to all Local Authorities to enable them to develop appropriate plans and strategies for the sustainable management of the coastline in their counties including the identification, prioritisation and, subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (26 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: Following a meeting between the named person and the local Engineer of the Office of Public Works (OPW), the OPW procured a survey to assess the extent of erosion. The erosion was found to be not as severe as had been reported initially, but would require works at some stage. OPW flood defence assets in the south west region have suffered significant damage from the storms of recent years,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (26 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has no role or function in relation to the oversight or regulation of insurance matters. The provision of insurance cover, the level of premiums charged and the policy terms applied are matters for individual insurers. Insurance companies make commercial decisions on the provision of insurance cover based on their assessment of the risks they would be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Child Care Services Provision (26 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the operators of the Northside Civic Centre Crèche were identified following a competitive process and the Commissioners are therefore not in a position to renegotiate the terms and conditions of the agreement midway through its term.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (26 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: It is a matter for Kerry County Council (KCC) in the first instance to identify, investigate and address issues of coastal protection and flooding at the location indicated. KCC may carry out any necessary works using its own resources. It is open to the Council also to submit an application for funding if under the Office of Public Works (OPW) Minor Flood Mitigation Works & Coastal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (26 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: It is a matter in the first instance, for each local authority to identify, investigate and address priority areas of their coastlines considered to be under significant threat from erosion. It is open to Kerry County Council to undertake coastal erosion remedial works using its own resources. If necessary it may also put forward proposals to central Government Departments for funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes (26 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The OPW carries Arterial Drainage Maintenance to a total of 11,500km of river channel and approximately 730km of embankments nationally. These maintenance works relate to arterial drainage schemes completed by the OPW under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995, whose purpose was primarily to improve the drainage of agricultural lands. The OPW has a statutory duty to maintain the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (26 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: Local flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address and County Councils may carry out flood mitigation works using their own resources. The Office of Public Works (OPW) operates a Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme the purpose of which is to provide funding to Local Authorities to undertake minor flood...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (26 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The core strategy for addressing the significant flood risks nationally, in Athlone and in the Shannon River Basin District generally, is the Office of Public Works'(OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. Athlone is one of 66 locations in the Shannon River Basin District and 300 locations nationwide that are being assessed under the Programme the purpose of...