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Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (24 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: Based on the indicative information readily available, the following table schedules the properties (excluding heritage properties such as national monuments) in County Mayo that are currently owned by the Office of Public Works. LOCATION NAME USAGE ACHILL ISLAND Saula NS School - National ACHILL SOUND Achill Sound GS+MQ Garda Station & Married Quarters ACHILL SOUND Achill Sound SWO...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (24 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: The information requested is currently being collated and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy on completion of this exercise.

Written Answers — Public Procurement Contracts: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: The National Procurement Service (NPS) in the Office of Public Works has responsibility for initiatives in procurement to achieve efficiencies and value for money for the Irish taxpayers. Since its formation in 2009, the NPS has put in place a number of national contracts for use by all Government Departments, Offices and Agencies. Prior to this, the Government Supplies Agency (GSA) had put...

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (24 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: Three main clusters of megalithic cairns are spread along the Slieve na Caillaigh Hills at Loughcrew. These are on (1) Patrickstown, (2) Carnbane East, where Cairn T is the centrepiece and (3) Carnbane West, where Cairn L is located. The Office of Public Works manages the State owned lands at Carnbane East, which are accessible all year round, with the exception of access to the interior of...

National Monuments (24 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: The Office of Public Works is responsible for the conservation, care and maintenance of approximately 780 national monuments, which are in State ownership or guardianship. The conservation and presentation of these monuments involves a mixture of activities including major and minor conservation projects, works to facilitate or improve the presentation and interpretation of sites and ongoing...

National Monuments (24 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the famous cross of Durrow, a fantastic artefact in his constituency, will again be on full public view from next Monday. It has been transferred from the graveyard into the wonderful church in Durrow. That is an example of the ongoing conservation work carried out by the Office of Public Works. At 50 of the 69 sites, we pay in. One of the...

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (18 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: Following completion of a comprehensive Conservation Plan for Ennis Friary, which involved full public consultation, the Office of Public Works has proceeded with implementation of conservation and preservation measures. Central to this is the protection and presentation of the significant collection of medieval carved stone features within the remains of the friary and the desirability of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: The information in respect of expenditure on installation of security at private homes and constituency offices of Taoisigh, Ministers and Ministers of State in respect of the years 2007-2011 is as follows. Year Total € 2007 320,167.95 2008 143,542.99 2009 325,833.84 2010 0 2011 0 Overall total 789,544.78 The information on years 2000-2006 is being collated at present and will...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (18 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: The statements by Office of Public Works officials and their consultants that are quoted by the Deputy, which make no reference to a by-pass channel, are not contradictory. The works in question involve excavating a stretch of channel at the new Dry Bridge structure in order to facilitate the draining of the flood plain upstream of that location into the River Suir when an extreme event...

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (18 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: I propose to take Questions Nos. 432 and 433 together. The Office of Public Works has no responsibility for the maintenance of the Glosha embankments at Cromane, which are located at the south – east end of the Cromane spit. However, it would be open to Kerry County Council to submit a funding application under the OPW's Minor Flood Mitigation Works & Coastal Protection Scheme for works at...

Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: Fianna Fáil started it.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Brian Hayes: The Deputy is making people worried.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (29 Mar 2012)

Brian Hayes: On foot of a meeting between the Office of Public Works and Cork County Council on the proposed works at this location, the council have prepared a draft revised application, which they have forwarded to the OPW. This will be reviewed in the near future and OPW will respond to the council with comments before the formal submission of the application. Any application then received will be...

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (29 Mar 2012)

Brian Hayes: The Office of Public Works receives rent on both commercial and non-commercial properties. Exclusive of properties which attract an annual rent of less than €200 per annum and those occupied in the course of employment, rents accrue on part or all of thirteen State-owned properties. The following table schedules the buildings involved; the address of each; the total annual rent arising;...

Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2012: Motion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Brian Hayes: Yes, I can.

Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2012: Motion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Brian Hayes: I agree with the Deputy this is not the right way to do our business and I put my hand up to acknowledge it should not have happened this way. During the previous Dáil I spent considerable time in committees asking the questions raised by the Deputies opposite. However, the reason why it was not possible to discuss the matter in committee was because a meeting agreed with the relevant...

Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2012: Motion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Brian Hayes: I assure Deputy McDonald and other Members of the House that this relates to a Bill passed in 2004 providing that when a capital allocation was being transferred from one year to the next, the order needed to be placed before the House by 31 March. While we are responsible for many things, we are not responsible for that. I agree with colleagues that this should in future be debated at the...

Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2012: Motion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Brian Hayes: This is very much in-sourcing. This is the Department itself organising it. Although outsourcing is not a bad idea as I said this morning at a conference.

Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2012: Motion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Brian Hayes: Much of it is about timing and the profile of that timing. The other reason we are not spending as much is that we are getting better value for money. At the start of the year a Department might propose spending, for example, €50 million on an item, but it ends up being cheaper because of the collapse in the construction industry. I understand reductions of approximately one third have...

Tax Transparency Bill 2012: First Stage (29 Mar 2012)

Brian Hayes: No. Question put and agreed to.