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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Teanga Gaeilge (26 Jan 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Cheadaigh mo Roinn ciste €400,000 in 2022 le leathnú suntasach a dhéanamh ar an gciste scoláireachta do lucht freastail iar-bhunscoileanna DEIS na tíre chun freastal ar chúrsa Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht le linn an tsamhraidh. Faoin gciste breise atá ceadaithe faoin mbeartas dar teideal: DEIS Gaeltachta – ar cuireadh tús leis in 2019 - bhí breis...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Straitéisí Ranna (26 Jan 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Ar mhaithe le tacú tuilleadh le cur chun cinn na n-ealaíon teangabhunaithe mar thaca breise d'fhorfheidhmiú na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 agus an Phlean Gníomhaíochta 2018-2023 lena mbaineann, rinne mo Roinn, i gcomhar le hÉire Ildánach, tuairisc a choimisiúnú faoin ábhar in 2018. Is é Ollscoil Luimnigh a ceapadh...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (26 Jan 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Thug Údarás na Gaeltachta faoi shuirbhé ar a chliaint i mí na Samhna 2022. Tuigtear ón Údarás gur dáileadh ceistneoir chuig gach cliant agus rinneadh iarrachtaí fostóirí agus fostaithe a spreagadh le heolas agus tuairimí a roinnt maidir lena riachtanais teanga agus na tacaíochtaí a bheadh úsáideach dóibh,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (31 Jan 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The auditing process on visitor numbers to our national heritage sites commences in January each year, once visitor numbers for all sites up to the end of the previous December have been received. While every effort is made to finalise visitor numbers in a timely manner, it is a voluminous exercise due to the number of sites involved. The process of auditing and verifying the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (31 Jan 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The OPW employs one full-time qualified tree surgeon as at 24 January 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Parks (31 Jan 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The bandstand in St. Stephen's Green Park was closed in 2021 due to the identification of structural issues which made it unsafe for visitors. Conservation Architects from the Office of Public Works have been working to determine the most appropriate manner to restore and make safe this historical bandstand. The OPW has commissioned historical reports and condition surveys and it has been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (31 Jan 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works manages in excess of 2,500 properties across the country. To ensure the continuing operation of these properties, for both the occupiers and visitors, the OPW retains the services of many hundreds of contractors annually. The information requested by the Deputy is considerable and ranges across nine years and would not be readily available. The OPW will commence...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Údarás na Gaeltachta (1 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: In order to fulfill its reporting and planning requirements, Údaras na Gaeltachta gathers employment figures annually to end of October. According to Údarás na Gaeltachta, research conducted by ABSEI of Údarás client-companies in which ten or more employees were employed in 2021 demonstrated that Gaeltacht businesses had a significant positive economic impact. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The project for a new Garda Station at Bailieborough, Co. Cavan includes conservation of the existing former National Irish Bank building and the construction of a new three storey over basement building to the rear on a site of circa 0.15 hectares located on the town’s main street.  The  construction contract value for the works is €10,976,632 excluding VAT. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (2 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: There are 13 completed schemes in the Shannon River Basin District (RBD) which are providing protection to over 2,600 properties. There are a further 24 schemes currently being progressed in the Shannon RBD and these include two schemes, Athlone and Springfield which are currently at construction and expected to reach substantial completion in 2023.  On completion, these schemes will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (2 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia’s armed forces in February 2022, Ireland has welcomed almost 70,000 Ukrainian people who have fled the war in their country. The EU’s Temporary Protection Directive provides the legal framework for assisting Ukrainians entering the EU who are officially called Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs). The Government’s...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coast Guard Service (9 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Irish Coast Guard, a Division of the Department of Transport, has 44 Units based in 58 coast guard stations. The Coast Guard building programme, which includes the provision of new or upgraded facilities at a number of locations across the country, is managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on behalf of the Department of Transport. These projects are funded by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Commissioners of Public Works are leasing this property on a 99 year lease since 1st of August 1927.  The property is used and will continue to be used as a Coastguard Station until it is no longer required for that purpose. The Commissioners are in full compliance with the terms of the lease.  As is provided in the lease, the Commissioners will, if needed, exercise their rights...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 118 to 120, inclusive, together. The Office of Public Works (OPW) carries out maintenance to approximately two thousand kilometres of channels, and on average two hundred structures throughout the country, as part of the annual Arterial Drainage maintenance programme.  While the average cycle of maintenance is generally in the range of four to seven...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (8 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: 154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the regulations to facilitate the commencement of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022; and when further details will be available. [5834/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: 117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that he has made with the relevant agencies and stakeholders to deliver the annual support of €75 for the disposal of medical incontinence wear for vulnerable persons to help meet the average cost of disposing of domestic waste; when the support will be implemented and through which agency; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: As Minister of State for the Office of Public Works (OPW) I am open to meeting with elected members of the Inishowen municipal District in order to provide an update with regards to progress on the proposed flood relief scheme in Burnfoot, County Donegal. I am aware and sympathetic to the issues facing the residents of Burnfoot that remain in homes at risk of flooding and those that have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: International Protection (14 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Deputy is aware, Aras an Uachtaráin is the official residence of the President of Ireland. As such, it would not be appropriate for the OPW to determine an alternative future use for the property. I can confirm that the OPW has not been requested to consider the property as part of its programme to develop State lands for rapid build homes, as part of the humanitarian...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Emergency Accommodation (14 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 206, 207 and 212 together. Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia’s armed forces in February 2022, Ireland has welcomed almost 70,000 Ukrainian people who have fled the war in their country. The EU’s Temporary Protection Directive provides the legal framework for assisting Ukrainians entering the EU who are officially called Beneficiaries of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (14 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: There was no subsistence payment of €238 per week for OPW workers on Skellig Michael. While cost increasing claims are precluded under the Public Service Pay Agreement "Building Momentum" over the lifetime of the Agreement, the OPW are currently engaged in discussions with colleagues in the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform on...