Results 601-620 of 1,754 for speaker:Kevin Moran

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Station Refurbishment (24 Oct 2018)

Kevin Moran: I am fully aware of the issues regarding Mullingar Garda station. I can assure the Deputy I am working closely with the different Departments within my own area and I am working with the Minister, Deputy Flanagan. I advise the Deputy that people from the architectural service visited the station on 9 October 2018. It was clearly set out by it what is required, and what is being sought, in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Station Refurbishment (24 Oct 2018)

Kevin Moran: Since I took up ministerial office a year and a half ago, a number of issues regarding the Garda were outlined. I for one know exactly the conditions under which some gardáí work. The Government has set out to reopen six pilot projects and they are now on the way.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Station Refurbishment (24 Oct 2018)

Kevin Moran: The works have started-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Station Refurbishment (24 Oct 2018)

Kevin Moran: -----on the reopening of three headquarters. Works are taking place on planning with respect to the public private partnerships. I am fully aware of what the Government has committed to and the conditions under which gardaí are working. I am working closely with the gardaí in Mullingar to address their needs. The Deputy will be aware we faced a similar problem in the Longford...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Station Refurbishment (24 Oct 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Deputy has been long enough in the House to know that one cannot simply flick one's fingers and have something happen overnight.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Station Refurbishment (24 Oct 2018)

Kevin Moran: We have to explore the options and I will personally revert to the Deputy when I get the outcome of that process.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (24 Oct 2018)

Kevin Moran: I thank the Deputy for raising this question. The Government’s strategy is that as the return on its investment on flood defence schemes in the most at-risk communities, households and businesses should be able to access flood insurance. The provision of insurance cover, the level of premiums charged and the policy terms applied are a matter for individual insurers. The Deputy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (24 Oct 2018)

Kevin Moran: I acknowledge what the Deputy said about the good work my Department and the local authorities do, and I also recognise that. Earlier this year thanks to my colleague on my right, the Minister for Finance, I secured €1 billion for the protection of the people's property, 95% of whom will have their property protected as a result of putting in place of flood defences over the next ten...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (24 Oct 2018)

Kevin Moran: I acknowledge the Deputy's comments, but I must also acknowledge the work that has been done and the increase in insurance coverage. Everyone wants to beat insurers with a stick, but after working with them and giving them the information they require, they are now stepping up to the mark. I would like to see it happen faster, but I must also acknowledge that, by working with them, we are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Kevin Moran: Would that not be great?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (13 Nov 2018)

Kevin Moran: I visited this area recently and am aware of the issues in this location, as well as the excellent work that has been undertaken by Meath County Council in Laytown. I am advised that, in the first instance, the management of problems of coastal protection in the area indicated remains a matter for Meath County Council. Following the severe storms of Winter 2013/2014, the Government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Moran: I am advised that local flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each local authority to investigate and address and that local authorities may carry out flood mitigation works using their own resources. The OPW operates a minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme to provide funding to local authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works or studies to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Moran: I am fully aware of the issue but the local authority can apply through the minor works scheme for funding to carry out a study. The Deputy said that nothing has happened two years on, but that is not down to my Department. It is a matter for the local authority to make an application to the scheme. If the criteria are met, it will be funded. It is up to the local authority to do that....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Moran: I was clear that the application must meet the criteria in the minor works scheme. If it meets those, the funding is there. However, the criteria must be met. I am one Minister of State who has gone around the country to see flooding at first hand in every constituency, including the Deputy's. I am very much to the forefront in saying that if an application meets the criteria, we will...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Moran: I am here as Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works and flood relief to present a proposal for a Supplementary Estimate of €20 million for the Office of Public Works, OPW. The Supplementary Estimate will bring the 2018 net Estimate for the Vote to €424.214 million. The gross Supplementary...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Moran: Work is ongoing and to be completed in the summer of 2019. There are works being carried out, but the refurbishment work on the electrics in different areas of Leinster House is the reason we require some of the supplemental money.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Moran: This is the biggest event that took place in Europe. We are talking about the Phoenix Park but we must take the other areas visited by the Pope into consideration. Let us take Knock, which I visited, and the Phoenix Park. A total of 4,000 people worked to make this site available for the Pope's visit. Can we learn from how the ticketing was organised? Yes, we can but the OPW was given a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Moran: There were 1,000 media staff in one location and there were stewards, etc., at different locations. They had to be catered for. There were also more than 100 people operating cameras and televising this for audiences around the world.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Moran: I am not upset.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Moran: It goes to tender.