Results 3,781-3,800 of 4,344 for speaker:Seán Canney
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: We can address that. If the Chairman gets the local authority to contact the office, we will talk to it about that.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: We can identify the area where the problem is and maybe the local authority could make an application for minor works, or maybe it has been identified as an area that is at further risk within the CFRAM. If we get the detail off the Chairman, we can come back to him as to which route it should go.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: We do not have any compensation fund.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: Waterways Ireland would be the first port of call. However, if we have a location, we can identify who is responsible.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: Where there is navigation it is Waterways Ireland. It is responsible for navigation and, therefore, it looks after the weirs.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: Normally, it could be either the OPW or the local authority.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: It would not fall between the two. If the Chairman identifies where it is, we will be able to identify who is responsible for it.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: There is more co-operation now between Bord Fáilte and the OPW in developing and promotion of sites, nationally and internationally. While a good deal of our visitors come from England, if the Brexit brings borders with different exchanges or whatever, there could be difficulties. Under Brexit, each Department and agency, including Bord Fáilte, is looking at the implications for...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: Absolutely. We spoke earlier about the Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland's Ancient East and Dublin. Bord Fáilte is conducting a review of the idea of the midlands and the lakelands being developed as another tourist brand. We have a lot of gems which I have seen which I did not know about before I became Minister of State and which are not on the coast or down the Ireland's Ancient East...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: Is the Chairman talking about Jerpoint Abbey?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: I note its visitor numbers of 23,442. We have it on our radar. Fáilte Ireland is another area where the owner could look for funding.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: It is Jerpoint Abbey which, I presume, is in public ownership.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: I would suggest that the person concerned contact Fáilte Ireland and see whether there is funding available to market it, to get it signposted on the tourist map and to maintain it.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: At the moment, not really, because it is in private ownership. Currently, we are looking at the properties that are within public ownership.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: I suppose there are a number of avenues. For example, the local enterprise offices, LEOs, might be able to give assistance and the local tourism boards might be able to help as well. We do not have a scheme in place at the moment.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: Does that comes with age or time?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: I appreciate that.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: To respond to the question on Kilkenny Castle, we will take on board what you say, Chairman, and come back with a proposal.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (15 Feb 2017)
Seán Canney: Rathfarnham Castle is a National Monument in State ownership since 1988. The Office of Public Works manages the site and has undertaken a programme of conservation and refurbishment at the castle over the past twenty years. The most recent (Phase 6) works were completed in 2015 and provided a new lift and staircase in the south-west tower, new toilet facilities at basement level in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Land Acquisition (15 Feb 2017)
Seán Canney: Under Section 28(2) of the State Property Act, 1954, land vested in or held in trust for a body corporate immediately prior to its dissolution, (other than land held by such body in trust for another person) becomes property of the State in the person of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The interest acquired by the Minister is described as a defeasible interest as it may be...