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- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) Patrick O'Donovan: The biggest part of the work in the Four Courts is the dome, which has crumbled as a result of the restoration that was done after the Civil War and has to be done again. If you pass it, Chairman, you can see it is being reconstructed at the moment.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) Patrick O'Donovan: It is a Department of Public Expenditure and Reform report and it has been published.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) Patrick O'Donovan: It is worth noting it was suggested in the report that other Departments should look to the OPW as an exemplar of delivery.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) Patrick O'Donovan: You will find from history, Chairman, that most of those projects were dumped on us.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) Patrick O'Donovan: I accept that, but most of them were vanity projects and you will recall from history, Chairman, that they were dumped on us.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) Patrick O'Donovan: Some of the proponents of those vanities are still around, albeit in a different House.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) Patrick O'Donovan: It is a different story.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) Patrick O'Donovan: That is no problem.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (24 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515 and 520 together. Section 25 of the Disability Act states that ‘a public body shall ensure that its public buildings, are as far as practicable, accessible to persons with disabilities. It defines public buildings as ‘a building, or that part of a building, to which members of the public generally have access and which is occupied, managed or...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (24 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of Arterial Drainage Schemes and catchment drainage schemes designated under the Arterial Drainage Acts of 1945 and 1995. The channel referred to by the Deputy does not form part of an Arterial Drainage Scheme. Therefore, the OPW has no responsibilities for the maintenance of this channel, nor the authority to carry out any...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (24 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy is referring in her Question to issues related to the Bandon Water Main and Sewer Upgrade Project, works on which are ongoing. This is a matter for Irish Water, the Contracting Authority on the project.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (24 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: I am advised it is a matter for Local Authorities in the first instance to assess and address problems of coastal erosion in their areas. 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 threat. There is...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (24 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Department of Finance (DOF) has overall responsibility for policy matters in relation to insurance. The Office of Public Works (OPW) has a role to assist insurance companies to take into account the protection provided by completed OPW flood defence schemes. In this regard, the OPW has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Insurance Ireland, the representative body of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (24 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: Westmeath County Council has informed the Office of Public Works (OPW) that the Senior Management costs associated with the original funding request are now being absorbed directly by the Council. The direct costs to the Council of the repair works to the broken sewer are being discharged through the normal recoupment process between the Council and OPW. It is understood these costs were not...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (24 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works is focussed on working to reopen Skellig Michael to visitors in 2021. This will require significant planning and engagement with OPW site staff and local stakeholders. The exact date cannot be advised at this time as, once the weather is favourable and access to the island is possible, a full inspection will be required in addition to the usual...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Greenways Provision (24 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: The provision of walkways and cycleways is a matter for local authorities and the OPW would be happy to work with the local authorities and other State bodies with their planned development of such community assets, where feasible. In respect of the OPW’s planned programme of flood relief schemes, the OPW works with those local authorities that wish to explore opportunities for the...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (24 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: 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 threat. Under the OPW Minor Flood Mitigation Works and...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (24 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: Planning for the new Military Road development commenced a number of years ago and the design of the building is based on the numbers of An Garda Síochána personnel which existed back then. The OPW understands An Garda Síochána’s evolving workforce planning needs and is being very pro-actively engaging with An Garda Síochána in...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (11 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: A potential flood relief scheme was recommended for Clifden as part of the National Flood Risk Management Plans, published in 2018, which identified 118 new projects nationwide to be progressed under the National Development Plan 2018 – 2027. Following this proposal, the Office of Public Works confirmed to Galway County Council (GCC) funding for the costs of developing and implementing...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes (10 Mar 2021)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of Arterial Drainage Schemes completed under the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945. The fields and channels referred to by the Deputy are outside the bounds of the Feale Catchment Drainage Scheme and therefore do not form part of the Arterial Drainage Scheme under the auspices of this office. The OPW has no maintenance...