Results 641-660 of 4,664 for speaker:Seán Canney

Other Questions: National Museum (2 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: The decision to relocate to the National Museum of Ireland was made by the Houses of the Oireachtas and not the Office of Public Works. The OPW is only the facilitator of the works. The works currently under way are investigative works which will inform the design in terms of what needs to be done and what permits or consents are needed in that regard. As I said, a large element of the...

Other Questions: National Museum (2 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: I do not have to hand all of the options considered. The necessity to move has been well documented. If the existing building is left as it is and there is ever a fire in it we will have no building. The requirements of a move have been decided by the Houses of the Oireachtas and not the Office of Public Works. The OPW is meeting those requirements as requested. The Houses of the...

Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: I am advised that the cost will be in excess of €1 million. The exact figure will not be determined until all of the investigative works have been conducted. I am unsure about the issue of planning permission, but I will revert to the Deputy with the answer.

Other Questions: Coastal Erosion (2 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: The management of coastal protection in the area indicated is a matter for Fingal County Council in the first instance. The council must assess the problem and, if it is considered that specific measures and works are required, it is open to the council to apply for funding under the OPW's minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme. Any application received will be assessed...

Other Questions: Coastal Erosion (2 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: I will start by answering that question. If Wexford County Council proposes a scheme, it will be considered as long as it meets the cost benefit criteria. Regarding Portrane, when I met the residents and other locals, frustration was expressed that no work was being done. I understand that, on the following day or the day after that, Fingal County Council met locals and councillors to...

Other Questions: Coastal Erosion (2 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: 5 o’clock I share the Deputy's frustration. I was challenged on that matter and was asked whether I was only there to visit. Deputy Brendan Ryan raised the issue with me in the Dáil three weeks ago and following the discussion I gave him a commitment that I would go out there, which I did the following week. In going there at that stage I was demonstrating our commitment...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (2 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: Prior to and following the agreement with the National Museum of Ireland to temporarily relocate Seanad Éireann to the Ceramics Room of the Museum, the Office of Public Works has been actively engaged with the management and the staff of the Museum to assist with the process of their preparation of the detailed plans and tender documentation required to advance these works. Any and all...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (2 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: The OPW is progressing the legal matters relating to the acquisition of the site as a matter of high priority. Legal negotiations, by their very nature, are complex and can take significant time to complete. It is expected that the current process will be completed shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (7 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: In March 2014, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Insurance Ireland (II), the representative body for the insurance industry in Ireland, and the Office of Public Works (OPW). This Memorandum sets out principles of how the two organisations will work together to ensure that appropriate and relevant information on completed OPW flood defence schemes is provided to insurers to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (7 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: The application received from Donegal County Council under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme for funding to undertake a project comprising of coastal erosion defence repairs at Maghery Strand was not eligible for funding under the Scheme as it did not meet the criteria of the scheme for a number of reasons which were notified to the Council by the Office of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Industry (7 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: Year on year increases over the past six years are: Year % Increase in Price 2011 -2.12% 2012 2.96% 2013 2.68% 2014 4.38% 2015 5.54% 2016 5.92% There are no figures available for 2017 yet

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (7 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that an application for funding under the Office of Public Works' (OPW) Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme has been received from Wexford County Council for a project at the location in question. Further information has been requested from the Council in order to consider the application. Furthermore, officials...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (7 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: Clare County Council commissioned Arups Engineers to carry out a coastal erosion and flood risk management study for Seafield and Clohaninchy, Quilty, Co. Clare with funding provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW) under the Minor Works scheme. The preferred option presented in the study report for flood prevention measures for Clohaninchy was not economically viable. The OPW met...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (7 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: This area is part of the Shannon Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Study. Flood maps were published for public consultation in November 2015 and were developed with information that was available at that time, including information on the flood event of November 2009. In light of the extreme flooding experienced in this area in December 2015 and January 2016, the OPW...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Flood Prevention Measures (7 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: I thank Senator Reilly for raising this important issue. I am familiar with the case. As the Senator said, I visited Burrow Beach and Portrane on 21 February to view at first hand the impact that coastal erosion is having on the area. As I stated at the time, my office has surveyed and assessed the coastal erosion risk along the entire national coastline, as part of the Irish Coastal...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Flood Prevention Measures (7 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: I hear what Senator Reilly is saying. The national protection strategy is in place. When I met the residents in Portrane I said to them that the local authority is best placed to make an application. If the local authority needs assistance from the Office of Public Works in dealing with that application or the issues that may arise, then, by all means, my office is available to assist it....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sports Events (8 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is not the body responsible for licensing such an event. However, the OPW has received a request to allow a small part of the running course for the event traverse part of the site in its care and is currently considering this request. Such consideration takes into account the protection of the Monument, the safety of participants and the safety and...

Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: As a public representative from Tuam and a Minister of State I can say the past week has been pretty sad for the people of Tuam. It is a milestone in this saga that the evidence is now coming forward which verifies what we have all been told about. I thank the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, for saying the commission will be reconsidered and its terms of reference...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has maintenance responsibility only for those Catchment Drainage Schemes and Flood Relief Schemes completed by the OPW under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995. As outlined to the Deputy in my reply to his parliamentary question number 368 of 31st January last, the location referred to does not form part of any OPW maintained arterial drainage scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: I am assuming the Deputy is referring to the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme (the Minor Works scheme) which is operated by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to provide funding to local authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection measures or studies within their administrative areas. This scheme does not apply in normal course to...