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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (5 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: I have no problem with what the Deputy has said.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (5 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: The reason I asked not to go into committee was because the review had not been done yet. We were asked to find €3 million, and I did not want to mislead the committee. I wanted the correct answer. I did not cower away from the committee. I wanted to go to the committee and wanted to be accurate and correct. The eight cells in Athlone are currently with the local authority....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (5 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: I live in Athlone and work in it. Many leaders of this House have visited it, but nothing has been done. Work is now advanced in Athlone and all cells are going according to plan. If there is an issue I have no problem with informing the House about it, but there is no issue about Athlone. Deputy Michael McGrath asked about the schemes affected. A scheme in his own neck of the woods,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Minister will not; me and-----

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (5 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: In May 2018 I launched 29 Flood Risk Management Plans for all the main river basins identifying a total of 118 flood relief projects to protect the main flood risk areas throughout the country. These Plans and projects are a key part of the overall flood risk management strategy set out in the National Development Plan 2017 - 2028 involving total investment of almost €1 billion over...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (5 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: The former Garda station at Camp, Co. Kerry is currently not for sale. As part of the Programme for a Partnership Government, the Office of Public Works (OPW) was requested not to dispose of any further closed Garda stations pending the outcome of two reviews of closed Garda stations. The first review identified six closed Garda stations for reopening and the second review, published on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (5 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works, working with Garda Estate Management, has identified options for the upgrade of Tubercurry Garda Station. A decision on the approval and prioritisation of these works is a matter for An Garda Síochána in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (5 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 and 161 together. Corbally – Limerick City & Environs Flood Relief Scheme (FRS) The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) recommends progressing the project-level development and assessment of a Flood Relief Scheme for Limerick City & Environs, which includes the Corbally area. This work will involve detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (5 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Commissioners of Public Works, on behalf of the State, hold and manage a large and diverse property portfolio which includes office accommodation, heritage properties, visitor centres and Garda Stations. The Commissioner of Public Works adhere to a policy on property acquisition and disposal which is set down in DPER Circular 17/2016 - Policy for Property Acquisition and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (5 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Commissioners of Public Works are the registered owners of the properties contained in Folios WX22940F and WX21417F.  These properties known as Government Offices, Anne Street, Wexford currently accommodate the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. There are a number of complex title issues associated with these...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Closures (5 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Programme for Government included for the re-opening of a number of closed Garda Stations (6) throughout the country, including Rush Garda Station, Co. Dublin.  The Office of Public Works (OPW) has undertaken an assessment of all the Stations identified in this 'pilot programme', and based on the Garda Síochána 'brief of requirements' received, has advised them on the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Further Revised) (7 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: As Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works and flood relief, I will outline the Office of Public Works' 2019 gross allocation of just under €464 million. The Estimate figure of €464 million takes account of the rescheduling of funding to programme A, flood risk management, that was within...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Further Revised) (7 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: I can assure the Deputy 100% that any of the schemes I announced will get the green light to go ahead. There will be no delays under my watch. Planning issues can be unforeseen. I stressed this in the Dáil in recent days. Having announced all the schemes, I had hoped to have machines in the ground in Cork last summer, but there has been a delay. The same applies in Ennis south....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Further Revised) (7 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Department will not make a decision; I will not allow it to make that decision. I am committed to ensuring I deliver on the schemes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Further Revised) (7 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: We have looked at a wide range of flood defences in other countries. The best practice that we are engaged in at the present time is the best possible way of protecting homes. However, it is not all about concrete walls. We have announced the schemes, but when we bring in architects into a town sometimes it is not easy. One has to break eggs to make an omelette. We have to be able to do...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Further Revised) (7 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: At the start it was slow, but we had a number of meetings with insurance companies over the past 12 months. Where we have put in the defences, insurance companies are now coming on board to insure the place. As the Deputy can imagine, each insurance company operates different policies. We are happy to say that it is starting to crank up and they are getting insurance. I see that across...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Further Revised) (7 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: Owing to my role, I have met many people who have insurance. If one reads the small print, it will show that the insurance company takes that stand where houses are close to a river. I take the Deputy's point about a house on a hill. In cases where people argued with the insurance companies, brought them out and proved to them that their houses could never flood, in fairness to the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Further Revised) (7 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Further Revised) (7 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: There is always further work. I am working closely with the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, on that. We had a meeting recently with the insurance companies and we will have another in the near future.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Further Revised) (7 Mar 2019)

Kevin Moran: I am well aware of the images, as Deputy Pearse Doherty knows. Some councillors from his party have sent on material in recent days. I have also been talking to people up there. As the Deputy stated, I went to Burnfoot and Castlefinn, and all of those other affected areas, and announced the schemes. I have also given the relevant local authorities the resources to employ engineers to move...