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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: Babe's Bridge is not a National Monument in the ownership or guardianship of the State. As such, the Office of Public Works holds no role in its care or maintenance and has no plans to do any work to the structure.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Offices (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The rent being paid by the Commissioners of Public Works in respect of the offices at Block 1, Miesian Plaza is in accordance with the terms of the lease. An ambiguity around the measurement standard used as a basis for the rent calculation in Miesian Plaza was first identified during the course of an OPW internal review and subsequently in a Comptroller & Auditor General examination...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (19 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can confirm that OPW is completing a programme of maintenance works at Ballyporeen Garda Station. The final element of the works is the repair of a section of the boundary to the rear, which while weather dependent, is expected to be completed before the end of the year.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (19 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The amount expended to date on this Station by the Office of Public Works is €1,244,780.02 exc. Vat. This includes €1,141,817.71 exc. Vat for construction costs , €76,099.85 exc. Vat for Consultants fees and €26,862.66 for other costs which include asbestos removal, planning fees, per cent for art allowance, etc.  The construction...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to address the Seanad on the issue of flooding. Only two weeks ago, I was pleased to have had the opportunity to hear from Dáil colleagues on flooding matters on the Shannon and across the country and I outlined the Government’s ongoing work in tackling the issues. I am very familiar with the devastation that can be caused by flooding for individual...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will start at the end. I thank Senator Cummins for acknowledging the work of the OPW staff. I have heard a lot of criticism of things that are not done. It is very important to point out the things that are done. It is particularly important to point out that during flooding, on nights when nobody wants to go out, local authority and OPW staff can be found working with the Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (18 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can confirm that all requests for the use of Steward's Lodge by the Department of An Taoiseach, for either meetings or for overnight stays, are recorded by OPW management at Farmleigh. There are no exceptions or exemptions from this recording requirement. OPW does not keep a record of individual attendees at meetings or other visitors to the Lodge. In regard...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I was in Clifden and it was horrific to see the damage. The television pictures often reflect what flooding means to a community, but this was just unbelievable. There were front yards ripped asunder, boulders half as big as where I am sitting were just hurtled onto people's front lawns and houses were devastated. There are houses on the Galway road - the Deputy would be more familiar with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I do not wish to bore the Ceann Comhairle. I have already spoken on this matter several times tonight. When one looks at the Question Paper, one can see how relevant an issue this is for the House, given the number of Deputies from all over the country who have raised it. The problem is getting worse. Previously, it was confined to places such as Clonmel, towns on the Suir and low-lying...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100, 102 and 115 together. I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue for the people of Clifden and those living along the Owenglin River. I can confirm that a potential flood relief scheme was recommended for Clifden as part of the national flood risk management plan published in 2018, from which 119 new projects nationwide are to be progressed...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I, again, thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I have been invited to Cherrywood. When the level 5 restrictions are lifted and we are allowed to take the opportunity to visit constituencies, particularly for non-essential work, it is my intention to visit the site. I am sure at that stage I will have a better understanding, along with my officials in the OPW, as to what is at stake in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: We will, of course, engage with the Deputy in advance of any visit to the site.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue relating to the Crossmolina flood relief scheme as I know it is an issue that he has raised previously. I wish to advise that the OPW has submitted the scheme, along with the required environmental assessments, to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for confirmation. The scheme to be constructed includes a new grass-lined diversion...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Deputy. To be fair, I have not added any new complications that were not previously advised. It would not be a fair reflection on the response that has been given either. I share his frustration. We are equally frustrated by the lengthy time that these things take but they have always taken time to address. It is terrible whether it is in Cloonlara or Springfield in County...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: It goes without saying that the OPW knows the people of Crossmolina very well. They have dealt with them over a lengthy period in terms of the development of this scheme and would know at official level, through the local design team that has been in place, what has been endured by the people of Crossmolina and every other town that has flooded. I am being honest in the House tonight....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The OPW's engagement with the Cherrywood SDZ since the start of 2018 has been primarily focused on the measures to be taken in respect of protecting the Tully church national monument site and its associated crosses.  This engagement has been carried out in close partnership with the former Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, now the Department of Housing, Local Government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 109 together. There is much work going on in Cork in this regard. I spent most of my summer, unfortunately, with flood victims there. The OPW has undertaken a study of 80% of Ireland’s major sources of flooding across 300 communities in the most comprehensive study of flood risk ever undertaken by the State. The findings from the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: On the specifics of the schemes the Deputy identified, some of them are minor works which could be done by Cork County Council. I will get him more specific times on them. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan raised this issue in the previous Dáil. There was a long debate in the House last week on flooding with another in the Seanad tomorrow. I would like to be able to tell Deputy Aindrias...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The three projects in question are in discussions between the OPW and Cork County Council. I will revert to the Deputy on each of them individually. I know the Crookstown one well. I have a brother and sister living in Bandon. Indeed my brother has been flooded on several occasions in Bandon, so I know the value of the flood relief scheme there. I also know the village of Crookstown...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (17 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is important to point out that the landlord has done nothing wrong here.