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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Development Projects (6 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the site in question is adjoining an operational Garda station and is not surplus to requirements. Therefore, it is not available for use by another organisation or community group.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (7 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: Local flooding and coastal erosion issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address. Where necessary, Local Authorities may put forward proposals to relevant central Government Departments, including the Office of Public Works, for funding of appropriate measures depending on the infrastructure or assets under threat. Under the OPW Minor...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (7 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status will be conferred to schools (details supplied) in County Limerick; if they will be fully amalgamated by the new academic year in September 2022. [18926/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (26 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: Local flooding and coastal erosion issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address. Where necessary, Local Authorities may put forward proposals to relevant central Government Departments, including the Office of Public Works, for funding of appropriate measures depending on the infrastructure or assets under threat.   Under the OPW...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukraine War (26 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) in conjunction with Department Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) were tasked by the Department of the Taoiseach to look at a modular accommodation response to the current Ukraine refugee crisis.  The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) approached the OPW with a representative sample of modular accommodation manufacturers.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (26 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) in conjunction with Department Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) were tasked by the Department of the Taoiseach to look at a modular accommodation response to the current Ukraine refugee crisis. The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) approached the OPW with a representative sample of modular accommodation manufacturers. The meetings...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The evidence provided by the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme, launched in May 2018, supports the Government’s €1.3bn planned investment in flood relief through the National Development Plan, as part of Project Ireland 2040.  One key output of the CFRAM Programme was the Flood Risk Management Plans that contain proposed flood relief measures -...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukraine War (26 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The OPW is actively engaged with a range of Government departments and agencies as an integral part of a whole of Government response to supporting new arrivals from the Ukraine to the State. A recent review of the property portfolio has been undertaken to establish the potential availability of accommodation for such use and the measures that would need to be taken to render them...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (26 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: Local flooding and coastal erosion issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address. Where necessary, Local Authorities may put forward proposals to relevant central Government Departments, including the Office of Public Works, for funding of appropriate measures depending on the infrastructure or assets under threat.   Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (26 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: There are a number of aesthetic and practical considerations involved in deciding whether floodlighting of National Monument sites in the care of the Office of Public Works is either feasible or appropriate.  In general, OPW Heritage Services do not provide funding or install new floodlighting systems as a matter of policy.  Any decision to floodlight any heritage site will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (26 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Deputy is aware, in February 2020, Storm Ciara caused the collapse of the lower section of the wall of the North East tower of Carlow Castle. Subsequent investigations led to the discovery that the base of the collapse was constructed on clay foundations; this had major consequences for the safe repair and reconstruction of this section of wall. On a site visit to Carlow Castle...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Feasibility Report (September 2021) for these works was commissioned by Mayo County Council and funding for the report was approved under the OPW Minor Works Scheme, which is typically used for projects up to €750,000 in value. Currently, based on the proposed scheme, the estimated cost of the works stands at €6.4m. However, this estimate means that the scheme now falls...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Office has no record of an approach by Kerry County Council in relation to the provision of walkways and cycleways along the River Maine levee system. The provision of walkways and cycleways is a matter for local authorities and the Office of Public Works (OPW) does not have any statutory function or remit in this area. The OPW is responsible for the maintenance of embankments that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works endeavour to integrate best practice into every aspect of our building compliance requirements. We aim to redefine and encompass techniques, where the best solutions for the buildings within their specific context are identified. This approach benefits all of society and re-frames and prioritises the work of OPW architects, engineers, surveyors, district inspectors,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has been engaged in a number of activities to assess and develop nature-based solutions that can have benefits for Water Framework Directive, flood risk management and biodiversity objectives. In 2019, a four-year research project, under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) research programme, titled ‘A Strategic Look at Natural Water Retention...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) in partnership with Cork County Council are engaging to progress a preferred option for a viable flood relief scheme for Baile Mhuirne/Baile Mhic Íre that will protect 90 properties from significant risk from flooding. The OPW is aware of the ‘high’ water quality status of the respective water body in the area around Ballyvourney and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of Arterial Drainage Schemes and catchment drainage schemes designated under the Arterial Drainage Acts of 1945 and 1995. The Womanagh River does not form part of an Arterial Drainage Scheme. Therefore, the OPW has no responsibilities for the maintenance of the river. The maintenance of all drainage schemes carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (28 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works received representations on behalf of Meelick GAA club on 25thMarch 2022 regarding lands owned by the Commissioners of Public Works adjacent to the Meelick GAA grounds at Knockalisheen. The property in question is currently occupied by the Limerick Regional Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. My officials will consider the most recent...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (28 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: Oldbridge Estate is situated on 500 acres in Co. Meath taking in much of the original historic battlefield of the Battle of the Boyne. It was acquired by the Irish State for the purpose of conserving and presenting the location of this pivotal event in Irish history, for current and future generations. The site is of deep historical and political significance to many communities on the island...