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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) arterial drainage maintenance programme comprises 11,500km of river channel and approximately 800km of embankments. This provides drainage for 260,000 hectares of agricultural lands, as well as a level of protection from flooding to infrastructure, including in excess of 21,000 properties, 2,400 kilometres of roads and 77 towns and villages. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: A review of the Graduate Architect Scheme is currently in progress and is expected to be completed shortly. The Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland pay graduate architects directly and set the pay scale for their graduates. The OPW reimburse the RIAI for this service. Pay increases for graduate architects are not a matter for individual Departments or Offices to negotiate as consistency...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public works can confirm that refurbishment works, with costs in excess of €5,000, were carried out to Garda Stations in Meath Garda division in 2022 and to-date in 2023. The Garda Stations along with the nature and status of the works is outlined in the table below. Meath Division Garda Stations Description of works where the costs were in excess...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: And NIMBYism.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Offshore Islands (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Tá caomhnú agus cosaint an Bhlascaoid Mhóir fós ríthábhachtach d’Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí. Tá feabhsaithe beartaithe ag an oifig don séasúr atá le teacht i mbliana agus cinnteoidh sé sin go bhfuil rochtain shábháilte ag cuairteoirí. Cuirfear tús arís le seirbhísí báid do...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Offshore Islands (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Tuigimid in Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí cé chomh tábhachtach is atá an oileán, ní hamháin d’oidhreacht agus do stair áitiúil iarthar Chiarraí ach de bharr an tsaibhris bithéagsúlachta atá ar an oileán freisin. Ar an ábhar sin, tá sé an-tábhachtach domsa, ní hamháin mar Aire Stáit le...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Offshore Islands (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am reminded that during my last visit to the island with Deputy Griffin, the Dáil on the island was pointed out to me. The Cathaoirleach Gníomhach will be familiar with this too. I then asked about the name of a strand that was within sight and earshot where more than one or two seals were roaring and bawling. The person who was with us said, "Well, we call that the Seanad"....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 117 together. The matter concerning the proposed installation of CCTV at Clare Abbey has been previously raised in discussions with the local authority and local stakeholders and in my presence as well during a visit to the abbey. The deployment of security measures across the national heritage estate is kept under constant review by OPW. Security...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Deputies. Returning to Deputy Carey's original comment with respect to County Clare, the OPW has put a fairly big footprint in the county in the past number of years with the work we have done in Cloonlara, Ennis, Springfield, Lahinch and Kilkee on the flood risk side, notwithstanding all of the other issues we have. I acknowledge both Deputies for the support they have given...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: If that is unparliamentary language, a Cathaoirligh Gníomhaigh, I will-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: With a national monument of this nature, ducting and underground cabling can be quite a difficult issue, especially if it involves high-resolution cameras. There is no power source at that location. Taking all that into consideration, the only commitment I will give is that we will re-engage with Clare County Council and An Garda Síochána on this. If we put up cameras, there...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Coastal Erosion (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which is of huge importance to our Department and the Government as a whole. The Government has established an interdepartmental group on managing coastal change to scope out an approach to the development of a national co-ordinated and integrated strategy to manage the projected impact of coastal change on our coastal communities, economies,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Coastal Erosion (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Without getting in to the specifics of this issue, Deputies will have heard me say often that the single biggest threat to this country is from the sea. Coastal communities are living in the terrifying situation that we have witnessed in the past number of years where the Atlantic and the south seas unleash unbelievable, horrific amounts of energy on to communities. The damage it causes and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Coastal Erosion (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Officials from the OPW, with Cork County Council which is the lead agency for the protection of the bank, were present on the day. I know discussions are continuing. It would be disingenuous for me to say we will be able to protect every acre of land into the future. That is not possible. It is no accident that most people in this country live in coastal communities. It is a settlement...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Ta Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí, i gcomhpháirtíocht le Comhairle Contae Chorcaí, ag dul i ngleic go réamhghníomhaíoch leis an rogha is fearr a chur chun cinn le haghaidh scéim faoisimh thuilte inmharthana do Bhaile Bhuirne agus Baile Mhic Íre, a chosnóidh 90 réadmhaoin ó riosca suntasach ó thuilte. Cork County Council, which will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Níl an OPW ag seasamh siar in aon chor. It would not be unusual for us to appoint local authorities as the lead agents in some schemes and for us to be the lead agents in other areas. In County Limerick, which is my home area, Limerick City and County Council is the lead authority for a number of the schemes we are developing. The OPW leads in some cases. It is not the case that we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy is right with regard to households and the impact flooding has on businesses and amenities. The day I visited with the Deputy, I saw first-hand the impact it could have on communities. These communities are leading through a bottom-up approach. They are being supported in no small way by Údarás na Gaeltachta, chomh maith le Roinn na Gaeltachta a bhí in aonach linn...

Select Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Meastacháin le haghaidh Seirbhísí Poiblí 2023
Vóta 33 - An Ghaeltacht (Athbhreithnithe) (1 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an gcoiste as cuireadh a thabhairt dom teacht os a chomhair inniu chun labhairt leis na comhaltaí faoi chistíocht na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta. Mar is eol dóibh, tá sé mar chuspóir ag mo Roinn tacú leis an nGaeilge trí chéile agus le húsáid na Gaeilge a chothú mar...

Select Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Meastacháin le haghaidh Seirbhísí Poiblí 2023
Vóta 33 - An Ghaeltacht (Athbhreithnithe) (1 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta mar is Teachta béal dorais é. Tá súil agam go mbeimid in ann obair le chéile ar son mhuintir na Gaeltachta.