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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (2 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 93 together. Local flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address. Where necessary, Local Authorities may put forward proposals to relevant central Government Departments, including the Office of Public Works, for funding of appropriate measures depending on the infrastructure or assets under...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I was in County Louth with our colleague, Deputy O'Dowd, not too long ago, where I met with officials from Louth County Council. In the case of Annagassan and Termonfeckin, the CFRAM process investigated possible structural flood relief measures for both but economically viable schemes have not been identified. The OPW is undertaking a review of the risk in both communities and the likely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: There was a bit of poetic licence.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: Given the pertinent issue Deputy Farrell has raised, I am sure the discretion of the Chair will be exercised and some leniency can be given. On Deputy Ó Murchú's questions, Louth County Council has the option of progressing some of the minor issues through the OPW's minor works scheme. We are encouraging local authorities to work with us on that. In fairness to the council, it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am sure the Deputy sitting behind Deputy Farrell, as well as Deputy Ring, Senator Kyne and others are equally interested. I will come back with a fuller answer.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will send her the details.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: In 2019, the OPW completed a flood relief scheme at Bellurgan at a cost of some €700,000. It protects 35 properties. The evidence provided by the CFRAM programme, which was launched in May 2018, supports the Government's €1.3 billion planned investment in flood relief through the national development plan as part of Project Ireland 2040. One key output of the CFRAM programme...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: As I said, this is part of a process in which the Minister cannot interfere. I said at the time, and I reiterate it again on the floor of the Dáil, that the process is open-ended for very good reason. If it was not open-ended and a time constraint was placed on it people would also have a difficulty with that. They would say that because of the time constraint the process needs to be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I did not interrupt the Deputy. Mr. Enright is working with us to try to deliver this scheme along with other schemes in Wexford. He is doing an excellent job to get it delivered. As soon as the OPW is in a position where it can get confirmation of the scheme, if we can get confirmation of it, we will deliver it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: On behalf of the Office of Public Works, OPW, which does a great deal of work with Wexford County Council on the issue of flooding, I wish to take this opportunity to extend my sympathies and those of the OPW to the family of the late Billy Kinsella, his wife, Rita, and his son, Conor, on his recent passing. He was working in the aftermath of a recent storm. Wexford County Council has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: As I made clear at a meeting convened by the chairman of the Enniscorthy municipal district of Wexford County Council, Councillor Cathal Byrne, and as the Deputy will have heard on the quays in Enniscorthy alongside the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, and others, this is not a question of money, so it is not fair to refer to it as such on the floor of the Dáil. The Deputy and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to outline to the Deputy the steps that are currently underway in relation to accessibility for all. The OPW's ambition is to endeavour to integrate best practice into every aspect of our technical compliance requirements. We aim to redefine and encompass techniques which are both compliant as well as being the best solutions for the built environment encompassed within our area...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Government established the Inter-Departmental Group on Managing Coastal Change to scope out an approach for the development of a national co-ordinated and integrated strategy to manage the projected impact of coastal change to our coastal communities. The Inter-Departmental Group is jointly chaired by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the OPW and will bring...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: As Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW) I can provide information in respect of leases held by the OPW only.    These leases are mainly in respect of office buildings and the OPW does not hold information on leases that other State bodies may have entered into directly themselves. A key function of the OPW is to provide accommodation for all...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Judicial Reviews (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am advised that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform confirmed the River Bride (Blackpool) Flood Relief Scheme, with an estimated cost of €20.5m, in March 2021, and construction was expected to commence in early 2022.  In June 2021, the community group, Save Our Bride Otters (SOBO), was granted leave to apply for a Judicial Review of the decision of the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Projects (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: Firstly, I’d like to thank Deputy Stanton for his question in relation to Annes Grove House and Gardens, in Castletownroche, Co. Cork. The gardens at Annes Grove are of international significance, primarily because of their famous plant collection which contains an outstanding range of rhododendron species. The Grove Annesley family nurtured and developed a unique landscape over...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 100 together. The Government has noted the study by the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group that supports a programme of strategic maintenance to help mitigate flooding along the River Shannon and a further study on the removal of a series of constrictions or ‘pinch points’ through the Shannon Callows that can...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: Galway City Council, as Project Sponsor and Contracting Authority, is leading the development of the Coirib go Cósta – Galway City Flood Relief Scheme, with technical advice and funding being provided by the Office of Public Works. On the 30th November last year, I visited Galway City and met with representatives from Galway City Council and the OPW, who are working on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can confirm that The Office of Public Works is advancing plans to refurbish the existing visitor centre at Dun Aonghusa.  The scheme include provision of new visitor interpretation of the monument, upgrading of ancillary facilities within the building and some landscaping works around the visitor centre. The wider project also provides for investment in new signage...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Land Issues (1 Mar 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 110 together. Engineering and environmental consultants appointed by the Office of Public Works (OPW) and local authorities, under the current national programme of major flood relief schemes, as part of the National Development Plan, do assess the potential to enhance local public realm and environment within reasonable costs as part of the...