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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coast Guard Service (21 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: 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 Transport. New accommodation for the Kilmore Quay Coast Guard Unit is included as one of the key priorities on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) can confirm that the works on the new Garda Station at 13A O'Connell St. Dublin will be substantially complete on 8th March 2023, handing over to An Garda Síochána thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246 to 250, inclusive, and 252 together. The CCTV cameras which are installed in OPW buildings form part of the security installations of these buildings. The OPW does not release any information regarding security installations.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (21 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: On the 7th of February, my office was notified of a graffiti incident to the Lia Fáil at Tara. The same day, an inspection involving representatives from the Office of Public Works - National Monuments Conservation Unit and the National Monuments Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage took place with An Garda Síochána in attendance. Conservation...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (21 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Garda station at Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny is an operational Garda Station. The attached Garda residence is currently being assessed for alternative State use, in line with the OPW's policy on the disposal of property, which is to: - firstly, identify any potential alternative State use; - where an alternative State use is not identified, the property will be considered for disposal...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Coimisinéir Teanga (21 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Mar a dúirt mé i mo fhreagra ar Cheist Dála 3699/23 ar 26ú Eanáir 2023, tá an próiseas mar a bhaineann sé le ceapadh an Choimisinéara Teanga leagtha amach in Alt 20(3) d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, áit a bhfuil ráite: “Is é an tUachtarán ar chomhairle an Rialtais a dhéanfaidh duine a cheapadh chun...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commemorative Events (23 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The OPW, in partnership with Fáilte Ireland and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, undertook a comprehensive restoration of the Custom House Visitor Centre in 2021. This venture was one of the key ‘Decade of Centenaries’ legacy projects and was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the burning of the Custom House in May 2021. The total budget...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Harbours and Piers (23 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have been advised that the Office of Public Works approved funding of €90,000 in 2015 under its Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme to Galway County Council in respect of a Coastal Erosion and Flood Risk Management study for Inishbofin Island as a whole, including the issues of concern at the East End Pier. Galway County Council has since commissioned and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: It was the local authorities, in conjunction with the OPW in the first place, that prioritise these and identify the risks.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am glad the Deputy clarified that point.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I absolutely am not.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy is the only person twisting words in here.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I cannot make this any simpler; we are fully supportive of the scheme. The Deputy is taking the attitude that I, as Minister of State, needs to come in and tell people to move on. If I did that in another part of the country, the Deputy would be the very one to ask about the public spending code and all of the gateways relating to it, the procurement process and the form of works contract....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: If the people in Donegal are watching this now-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: If that had been asked for at the start of all this, rather than having this discussion-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ------ and saying that people were out to get others-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Burnfoot scheme, which is to protect 49 properties, will be going for planning this year. The Castlefin scheme is to protect 35 properties and will be going for planning permission this year. The Raphoe scheme will be going for planning permission in March or April. That is a big scheme covering 387 properties. The Glenties scheme is smaller. Public consultation on it will end in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can come back to the Deputy in writing. In general, however, we work on the basis that we try to get the maximum number of schemes that are most likely to go through the planning process done in the shortest period. We routinely check to ensure that if anything can be condensed by way of timeframe, we do it. I can come back to the Deputy specifically with a schedule in respect of each of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can get the Deputy the detail on those, broken down in tabular form. Similar to the schemes in Donegal, most of those will be at the following stages: preliminary; data collection; public consultation; live planning; or if they are being done under the Arterial Drainage Act or by An Bord Pleanála, before the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. I can think of two in Cork that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Some of the 58 will actually come out this year. Six schemes are at construction stage, including those in Athlone and Templemore, which will be completed this year. Three schemes are at detailed design stage. These include King’s Island in Limerick, Glashaboy in Glanmire, County Cork. Five others are at stage 2. These include the scheme in Enniscorthy, which, unfortunately, has...