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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: A flood relief scheme for Freshford is part of the Flood Risk Management Plans being funded by €1.3bn for flood relief under the National Development Plan to 2030. The flood relief scheme for Freshford Co Kilkenny was approved in May 2023 to be included as part of a national pilot to inform the delivery model for future flood relief schemes. This pilot is being overseen by a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (26 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works continues to work with consultants, Ian Ritchie Architects, to complete the necessary documentation to submit a planning application for a new commemorative bridge and entrance plaza at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens and Conyngham Road. Due to the environmental sensitivities of the location, an extensive Flood Risk Assessment and Section 50 Application is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (26 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201, 202 and 209 together. The Office of Public Works has entered into a process of constructive dialogue with the owners of the Castletown lands in the form of commercial negotiations with the intention of arriving at an outcome that is in the public interest. It should be noted that it has long been the policy of the OPW to seek to reunite the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (26 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The trees to the Kildare Street and Merrion Square sides of the Leinster House complex are an integral and valued part of the site layout and design. The OPW has carried out inspections, by qualified arborists, of all trees on the site in 2005, 2008, 2013 and 2018. More recently, a five year survey was commissioned in 2020 with reviews each year through to 2025. Following Storm Betty this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (26 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The OPW have consulted with the NSSO in relation to the P.Q. 41346/23 and the NSSO have provided the following response input. Pension increases due following pay awards on 1 Feb, 2022 and that of 1 Oct, 2022 backdated to 2 Feb, 2022, and the 1 March, 2023 pay increase have already been paid in cases where retirees were on standard pay scale points. A number of OPW pensioners are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Urban Development (26 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The current state of Dame Lane is not satisfactory, given its close proximity to the main entrance to Dublin Castle. The Lane is, of course, under the management of Dublin City Council (DCC) and its regeneration and the improvement of its appearance will require close cooperation between the Commissioners of Public Works and the City Council. Suggestions on potential enhancements and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Urban Development (26 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The walls to which the Deputy refers are the historic boundary walls of the Castle and for reasons of security and conservation it is not envisaged that they could or should be entirely removed. However, as part of the Dublin Castle Strategic Framework Plan which sets out potential works over the coming decade, it was considered that a new pedestrian bridge could be opened between the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Urban Development (26 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I understand that five historic windows in Block M, Dublin Castle, which backs onto Ship Street Great, have been removed and replaced with plywood. This is part of an ongoing important conservation and refurbishment project for this range of buildings. When complete, Block M will house the Electoral Commission. I can assure the Deputy that these works are in the final stages and due for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (26 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Additional time is needed to collate the required information. The OPW will respond to the Deputy directly on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Government has committed €1.3 billion to the delivery of flood relief schemes over the lifetime of the National Development Plan to 2030 to protect approximately 23,000 properties in communities under threat from river and coastal flood risk. Since 2018, as part of a phased approach to scheme delivery, this funding has allowed the OPW to increase its work on flood relief schemes to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (26 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: A competition for General Operative Band 2 (Rural) / 360° Excavator Drivers was advertised on 10th July 2023 for the South West Arterial Drainage and Construction Services Division which includes Co. Tipperary. The closing date for receipt of applications for this competition was Friday, 4th August 2023, applications received following the closing date are not accepted. All OPW...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: Údarás na Gaeltachta's existing level of funding and the cost of increasing same by 10%, 20% and 50% is outlined in the following table: Capital (C8) €14.454m Current Expenditure (C7) €6.750m Administration (C6) €14.199m Overall Provision for 2023 €35,403,000...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Sep 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: In December 2021, Wexford County Council appointed Nicholas O’Dwyer Ltd. to develop, design, and oversee the construction of the Coastal Erosion and Flood Relief Scheme for Rosslare. The scheme is currently at Stage I: Scheme Development and Preliminary Design, and has a Project Budget of approximately €8,650,000. In order to progress the delivery of this scheme monthly...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (3 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works has been engaged in dialogue with the private landowners at Castletown Estate and attended mediation, as requested by private landowners. The details of the process are confidential. This mediation concluded on 29 September 2023. The OPW is disappointed that it was not possible to reach agreement. It should be noted that it has long been the policy of the OPW to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (3 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works is responsible for the maintenance and conservation of the lands surrounding Derrynane House and Gardens. This area is not a National Park but some of the habitats there are home to small local populations of some incredibly rare species such as natterjack toads which are found in only a handful places in Ireland, choughs, where Derrynane is one of their main...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (3 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme (CFRAM) was the largest ever flood risk study carried out in the State. It culminated with the launch, in 2018, of 29 flood risk management plans which proposed 118 new outline flood relief projects. These were in addition to the major projects already completed and the schemes that were ongoing at the time within the existing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reviews (3 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: OPW will respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (3 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: OPW will respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (3 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: We are currently collating the information and will respond directly to the Deputy in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (4 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 104 together. In 2016, the Government established the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Coordination Working Group to improve coordination between all state agencies involved with the River Shannon and to introduce coordinated flood risk solutions. The Group coordinates the work of all the members to maximise flood risk mitigation. The Group met on 26...