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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The preparation of legislation to improve the management of flood risk on the River Shannon is a priority. The management of flood risk on the river is closely intertwined with other uses of the river such as, as I already mentioned, navigation and dam safety managed by Waterways Ireland and the ESB, neither of which fall under the remit of the Office of Public Works. The OPW has conducted...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: There are MEPs from all parties and none.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Their email addresses are freely available.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Will the Deputy let me answer? If the Deputy wants to find out what MEPs are doing, as the Ceann Comhairle suggested, she is as capable as I am of sending them an email.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The question that was asked does not mention MEPs from Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil or any other party.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am trying to answer the question the Deputy asked. With regard to the question the Deputy asked about the legislation, this is a complicated issue. One of the bodies, Waterways Ireland, which has responsibility for navigation, is a cross-Border body set up under the Good Friday Agreement. Its powers derive from the OPW, which previously had responsibility for the Shannon River.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: In addition, there is electricity generation and there are huge implications for Parteen Weir and further flooding that could be caused at the lower end of the Shannon. It is not something we can simplistically solve. I have devoted a lot of time to it, as have my officials, and I hope to be in a position to bring a proposal to the Government on it early in the new year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32, 42 and 61 together. I saw at first hand when I visited County Galway recently, following the flooding caused by Storm Debi, the devastation and impact it has had. The Government has assessed the risk to those communities from the most significant flood events. CFRAM, Ireland’s largest study of flood risk, was completed by the OPW in 2018. An...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank both Deputies and I know they have both raised this with me previously. I know they both have a keen interest in it, as do the other Deputies in the city. Deputy Farrell is right, the devastation was catastrophic. It blew a wall out in front of Oranmore railway station. It made smithereens of it. Really, it is amazing there was no loss of life and were it not for the fact a shop...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The last point is exactly the reason I asked Galway City Council, the steering group and the Office of Public Works to engage in the first instance with Deputies and public representatives to dispel misinformation, of which we heard a lot in this House earlier in a different arena. The Deputy is right about bringing the public with us. Other public infrastructure from Galway city towards...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37, 39 and 56 together. As Deputy Stanton is aware, Cork County Council is leading the design of the Midleton flood relief scheme and, in 2017, appointed engineering and environmental consultants. The process follows a number of stages from feasibility through design, planning, detailed design and construction. It is important that the work be done...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to thank the Deputy for his question regarding Mullingar Garda Station and any plans that the Office of Public Works has for extending the current station. The Office of Public Works, together with the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána are working closely in delivering the Government approved current Garda Capital Investment Plan 2023-2030 ...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 53 together. To deliver the proposed measures set out in the Flood Risk Management Plans for County Louth, Louth County Council, working with the Office of Public Works, has agreed to be the Lead Authority in the delivery of flood relief schemes at Dundalk / Blackrock South, Drogheda, Carlingford / Greenore, Baltray and Ardee, all of which are in...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW), as the lead agency for flood risk management, is coordinating the delivery of measures towards meeting the Government’s National Flood Risk Policy. A broad range of structural and non-structural measures have already been implemented to address flood risk under an approach structured around three pillars: prevention, protection and preparedness. ...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47 and 213 together. The Office of Public Works (OPW) in partnership with Cork City Council are engaging proactively to progress the Glashaboy flood relief scheme for Glanmire. The Glashaboy Flood Relief Scheme was confirmed in January 2021 by the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform under the Arterial...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: There is an existing Flood Relief Scheme in place in Mornington, Co. Meath providing protection to 162 properties. The OPW has a programme of maintenance in place for this scheme. After the August 2023 flood event in the Mornington/Bettystown area a senior level group involving the OPW and Meath County Council was established to review the event and any additional measures in the...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: To deliver the proposed measures set out in the Flood Risk Management Plans for County Louth, Louth County Council, working with the Office of Public Works, has agreed to be the Lead Authority in the delivery of flood relief schemes at Dundalk / Blackrock South, Drogheda, Carlingford / Greenore, Baltray and Ardee, all of which are in the first tranche of projects being progressed. The funding...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: The OPW has an on-going relationship with the former Rivers Agency (now part of the Dept. for Infrastructure, Rivers, Northern Ireland) (DfI Rivers), which is the Competent Authority for the implementation of the 'Floods' Directive in Northern Ireland. In 2009, the OPW and Dfl Rivers agreed to establish a Cross-Border Co-ordination Group to co-ordinate the implementation of the ‘EU...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: Since 2009, the Office of Public Works, (OPW) has approved funding under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme of circa €5.7 million to County Cork for some 45 projects. The Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme was introduced by the OPW in 2009. Applications for funding from local authorities are considered for flood relief and...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: State intervention in addressing the flooding of lands and the improvement of same by drainage, principally for agricultural use, commenced with the passing of the first Drainage Act in 1842. For the next century, schemes of drainage works were carried out in over 200 Drainage Districts to improve over 200,000 hectares of land. There are approximately 170 of those Drainage Districts remaining...