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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: The two speakers have asked the main questions. I refer to funding which is given to county councils on a certain basis. Roscommon County Council was given €270,000 to deal with the flooding problem in Athleague. When it received the money, officials went off and worked out what they were going to spend it on. Do they not get the money on the basis that they spend it on specific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Is there not a connection between rainfall and water levels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: They are left with no choice. The problem is they seem to be the bosses here and think they are doing us a favour. They are not doing anyone any favours; they are doing what they should do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Do they get the money first and then engage engineers and consultants afterwards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: What issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Was that the flooding issue or issue that it got money and went off and worked out how it would spend it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: It is an interesting system, is it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Could it not have explained that to you before it went and spent the money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I am sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: What sort of sanction is imposed on it for doing what it did?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: With respect, it is not working. People are very unhappy about it and it is their money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: If I may, I will make a helpful point. Mr. Michael Silke, a representative of the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, appeared before the committee a couple of months ago. Mr. Smyth's statement that people must keep the channels clear makes sense. As Mr. Silke informed us, though, when a channel near his farm was not cleared for a certain amount of time, a little island developed and became...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I am sorry, but it is an important point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: On the habitats directive and the NPWS having a remit to protect it, the farming organisations made clear at a previous committee meeting that the corncrake has been wiped out as a result of silt. Who encourages the NPWS to care for this? There are see-saw affects in this regard in that when on affects one thing it proves life for another. The same applies in respect of turf cutting. A...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Ultimately, the CFRAM study is limited by what the NPWS allows the OPW to do, which, in turn, is limited by legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Irish Film Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I thank Mr. O'Herlihy for his very interesting presentation. He has had an interesting life so far, with more to come by the looks of things. I wish to address the issue of the ability of people around Ireland to see films. In the town I come from there used to be two cinemas. Then we progressed and developed and ended up with none. In County Roscommon as a whole there is one cinema....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (24 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: 20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the maximum duration that a participant can stay in rural social scheme employment; her views on situations that have now developed whereby participants are on such schemes indefinitely; the steps she will take to ensure that there will be a turnover of participants to prevent the exclusion of certain applicants due to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Remit (24 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: 115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the proposed LEOs are going to be less confusing for businesses; if the limit of 10 employees is maintained for the LEOs; if the LEOs will be able to engage with indigenous companies who employ more than 10 but do not export; if he will confirm that the new LEOs will have an independent evaluation committee based on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Establishment (24 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: 116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the proposal to maintain in excess of 30 LEOs meets the criteria of reducing the number of quangos in the McCarthy report; the way in which the suggested structure of new enterprise offices based on local authorities reporting to county managers with a service level agreement with Enterprise Ireland, that is, adding...