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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: In 2018, the OPW completed the National Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme - the largest ever flood risk study in Ireland to date. This study involved an engineering assessment for 300 communities identified as areas of potentially significant flood risk, produced a range of flood maps for potential future as well as present-day conditions, and resulted in 29...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility on behalf of the State for managing and maintaining a substantial and complex estate of approximately 2,500 properties. This extensive and diverse portfolio of State properties includes office accommodation for all Government Departments, the property estate for An Garda Síochána and numerous properties for many State Agencies....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: Skellig Michael is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in State Ownership. The conservation and presentation of the island is the responsibility of the Office of Public Works (OPW). The OPW manages access to the Island by way of a license or permit system whereby a specific number of boat operators are granted landing permits to carry visitors to the Island in a given season. Under EU...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The flood maps available for this location were produced under the OPW’s National Indicative Fluvial Mapping (NIFM) project in 2019 with the maps published on the OPW website www.floodinfo.ie in 2020. The NIFM flood extents were primarily produced to carry out a national scale preliminary flood risk assessment. The NIFM flood extents only provide an indication of areas that may...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Fairy Fort at Leacanabuaile, Cashel, National Monument Number 414 is a stone fort located near Cahirciveen in Co. Kerry. It is in the Guardianship of the State and maintained by the Office of Public Works. Representatives from the Office of Public Works from the Killarney District team have been in touch with the landowner recently in relation to ongoing issues with access. The Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: An Garda Síochána, in collaboration with the Department of Justice, are carrying out a mid term review of the National Development Plan allocation for the years 2026 – 2030. The OPW is awaiting the issue of this review which will set out the Capitol priorities for the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána for the next five years. The OPW would not be in a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Commissioners of Public Works (OPW) have leased office space in Donaghmede Shopping Centre for the Probation Service, since 2000. The OPW is currently in occupation of the premises under a yearly tenancy while negotiations on the terms and conditions, including the rental level, of a new lease are ongoing. The annual rent paid in respect of the premises since 2008 is shown in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 392 and 393 together. I am very aware of the devastation that flooding causes to people and the Burnfoot community during floods in 2013, 2015 and more recently in 2017. The design and planning consent for the proposed Burnfoot Flood Relief Scheme is currently being actively progressed by the engineering and environmental consultants, appointed by Donegal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coast Guard Service (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Department of Transport (DoT) is responsible for the investment in the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) building programme aimed at ensuring that Coast Guard facilities along the coast are fit for purpose. The programme is fully funded by the Department as the Approving Authority, with project delivery managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW) as the Contracting Authority, from planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) can confirm that refurbishment works valued in excess of €50,000, as outlined in the table below, were completed at Garda Stations within the Galway Division during 2024. Year Location Nature of Works 2024 North Western Region HQ, Renmore Water heating upgrade 2024 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: As Minister for the Office of Public Works, I am always happy to meet with people and communities such as the Farming Rathcroghan Scheme CLG who do so much for their local areas. An OPW representative will be in contact shortly with the Secretary to make the necessary arrangements.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Vacant Properties (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility on behalf of the State for managing and maintaining a substantial and complex estate of approximately 2,500 properties. This extensive and diverse portfolio of State properties includes office accommodation for all Government Departments, the property estate for An Garda Síochána and numerous properties for many State Agencies....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (8 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Department of Finance has overall responsibility for policy matters in relation to insurance, including flood insurance. Government policy on flood insurance is centred on significant investment in sustainable flood risk management and the exchange of information between the insurance industry and the Office of Public Works (OPW) on completed flood relief schemes, as outlined under....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (30 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The number of qualified horticulturists employed by the OPW is set out in the table below: OPW Gardener Grade (22 April 2025) Number Craft Gardener 47 Chargehand Gardener (Head Gardener) 18 Craft Foreperson (Horticultural) 6 Foreperson Grade 1 (Horticultural) 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (30 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: Please see below OPW budget, spend to end of April and associated percentage of the capital budget spent in the first four months of 2023, 2024 and up to 28th April 2025. (Note that the budget figure below consists of the REV plus any supplementary and carryovers as applicable for each relevant year).

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cycling Facilities (30 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works has received tenders for the construction of the new commemorative bridge and entrance plaza at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens and Conyngham Road. The proposed works for the Commemorative Bridge comprises of the following: • A new pedestrian and cycle bridge which will span the River Liffey and connect to an existing cycle way running along...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cycling Facilities (30 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works is working with the National Transport Authority and Dublin City Council to advance plans for permanent segregated cycle lanes and pedestrian crossing points along Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park. The project is in the pre-planning stage and work is ongoing on the design of the scheme with a view to submitting the appropriate applications for planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (30 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Study, published in 2021, was based on the overarching principles of the Park being for people to enjoy its amenities and attractions, that the biodiversity and landscape fabric of the Park must be protected, that sustainable access will be encouraged and to base decisions on evidence while liaising with a wide range of interested parties. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (1 May 2025)

Kevin Moran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. After the flood events of Storm Bert in Listowel in November 2024, officials from my Department met with Kerry County Council to review the flood event and its impact and to develop a plan to address what measures could be put in place in advance of the larger scheme proposed for Listowel as part of the Food Risk Management Plan for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (29 Apr 2025)

Kevin Moran: Coastal protection and localised flooding issues are matters, in the first instance, for each local authority to investigate and address. The Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme was introduced by the OPW on an administrative, non-statutory basis in 2009. The purpose of the scheme is to provide funding to local authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works or...