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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: With regard to the Deputy's question about money spent, I presume he is talking about the minor works programme. Since the scheme was introduced, €37 million has been allocated to the local authorities, bringing protection to 4,500 houses.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: I will reiterate a number of things. The chair of the OPW was talking about the five-year investment programme of €430 million by the Government for flood relief. There was another issue of the catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, which is a ten-year plan. People have suggested that it means nothing will happen for ten years, which is wrong. Last year we had four...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works provides guided services at 70 historic sites nationwide, admitting almost 5 million visitors last year. These sites are operated either on a full-time or a seasonal basis and include nationally and internationally known locations such as Newgrange, Clonmacnoise and the Rock of Cashel. OPW also facilitates public access at about 300 open National Monument sites...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 to 99, inclusive, together. The Office of Public Works (OPW) and Galway County Council (GCC) have been working together in relation to the flooding issues in South Galway, which incorporates the Gort Lowlands, and on how best to advance a possible flood relief scheme for the area. GCC wrote to the OPW in September 2016 setting out its proposals in this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the social media page referred to in the Question was not created and is not operated by the Office of Public Works (OPW). The OPW communicates with the public, including those affected by flooding, through various fora, including through its websites www.opw.ie, www.flooding.ie, www.waterlevel.ie, www.floodmaps.ieand through Twitter and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coast Guard Services (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 102 together. The Coast Guard is a Division of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) and is responsible for the coordination of maritime search and rescue in Ireland including oversight and the funding of all Coast Guard projects. OPW manages projects for the delivery of Coast Guard buildings on behalf of the Department and the Coast...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has maintenance responsibility only for those Catchment Drainage Schemes and Flood Relief Schemes completed by the OPW under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995. The River Bulba, Co. Donegal does not form part of an arterial drainage scheme under the auspices of this Office and as such we have no responsibility for its maintenance. Local flooding issues...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: I have asked my officials to make contact with Offaly County Council to review the case of Banagher. Dredging on the Shannon came up this morning at our group meeting and all parties are now going to look at it, both from the point of view of what we can do in the short term and what we can do in the long term. Waterways Ireland is reviewing some of the pinch points so that we can find out...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I want to start by reassuring communities living along the River Shannon that the Government is doing everything it can to prevent flooding along the Shannon this winter. The core strategy for addressing the significant flood risks along the River Shannon is the Office of Public Works, OPW, catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM,...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: I have just one more paragraph to read. The group has today also agreed to evaluate the benefits from any short and medium-term programme of localised dredging and any future piloting to remove some pinch points along the Shannon. The group will discuss this at its next meeting which will be held in November. I chair an interdepartmental flood policy co-ordination group, and I will...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: It is also considering a number of other prevention and mitigation measures for providing flood relief which may include schemes for individual property protection and voluntary home and farmyard relocation.

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: Local authorities are designated as the lead agency for responding to severe weather events, including flooding. The emergency response plans, which were effective during the flood events last winter, will be reviewed to ensure a rapid and effective response. I assure the House that the Government will continue to ensure measures to deal effectively with flooding through the development...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has maintenance responsibility only for those Catchment Drainage Schemes and Flood Relief Schemes completed by the OPW under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995. The bridge on the Portmagee to Caherciveen Road does not form part of an arterial drainage scheme under the auspices of this Office and as such we have no responsibility for its maintenance....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: A submission has been received by the Office of Public Works (OPW) from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, requesting renovation of the facilities at the site of the Coastguard Station, Malin Head, Co. Donegal. OPW is currently carrying out a technical assessment of the site. The outcome of this assessment will determine cost and the timetable for undertaking the works.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that a revised application under the Office of Public Works' (OPW) Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme has been received from Donegal County Council for a project at Coolyslin, Castlefinn, Lifford, Co Donegal. The assessment of the application will have regard to the fact that Castlefinn is an Area for Further...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: I am advised that construction will commence on the Northlands Estate, Bettystown Flood Relief works in late October 2016 with an estimated construction cost of €1.5m and will take an approximately 52 weeks to complete. In 2016 to date the OPW has approved funding of €450,000 under the Office of Public Works' (OPW) Minor Flood Mitigation Works & Coastal Protection...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget. I acknowledge the work of my colleagues in the Independent Alliance in the preparation of the budget with our partners in government and with the other Independents. The budget, as delivered, is based on the programme for Government and has demonstrated that this Government can deliver. In my own Department, the budget recognises the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (13 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has maintenance responsibility only for those Catchment Drainage Schemes and Flood Relief Schemes completed by the OPW under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995. Neither Lough Lane nor the River Laune form part of an arterial drainage scheme under the auspices of this Office and as such we have no responsibility for its maintenance. Any cleaning of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (13 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 to 113, inclusive, together. As I outlined to the Deputy in my reply to his parliamentary questions of 21st July last (PQs Nos. 397 and 398 refer), it is a matter for Cavan and Monaghan County Councils in the first instance to identify and address localised flooding issues in their counties. It is open to the Councils to undertake any local flood...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Eligibility (12 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: Local flooding issues are, in the first instance, a matter for each local authority to investigate and address. They may carry out flood alleviation works from their own resources, or apply to the OPW for funding under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. The purpose of this scheme is to provide funding to local authorities to undertake minor works to address...