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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (1 Oct 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Commissioners of Public Works (OPW) took a 2 year Licence on the 2nd Floor of Trinity Point to accommodate Department of Defence staff commencing on 8th December 2023. In line with the agreed terms of the Licence, the OPW paid a total of €11,824.52 rent plus VAT and service charges of €472.08 for the period from 8-14th December 2023. Purchase of the building by the OPW was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: Have you read the e-tender? Read the e-tender.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: No, I am not.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Housing Schemes (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 338 to 342, inclusive, together. On 28th June, 2022, the Government authorised the roll-out of the Rapid Build Homes Programme (Programme) to provide homes for those displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, officially referred to as the Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection. The Programme comprises 654 homes for approximately 2,640 residents across...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: The OPW has been allocated €1.845bn in capital funding for the period 2026 - 2030 under the National Development Plan. The relevant allocation, by year, is detailed below: €m 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2026-2030 Total 365 360 360 380 380 1,845

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management CFRAM Programme proposed a further flood relief scheme for Mornington. These works would have complemented the existing flood scheme already completed. The hard defences would protect against a 1% AEP fluvial flood event and against a 0.5% AEP coastal flood event. After the August and October 2023 flood events in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Development Projects (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works (OPW) that the Garda station at Lusk Co. Dublin is an operational Garda station and the Office of Public Works has not been advised by An Garda Síochána that the property is surplus to their requirements. The OPW is therefore not in a position to engage with any community groups to make the site available for community use.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Driver Test (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: Following a request from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) the Office of Public Works (OPW) undertook a market trawl to identify potential sites for a new Driving Test Centre in the Swords area. The OPW and the RSA are assessing the sites identified with a view to identifying a preferred option. Given that the site selection process is at a commercially sensitive stage we cannot provide any...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No.430 of 10 June 2025. Following the completion of a review of Office of Public Works (OPW) records for the additional period 2015 to 2019 the OPW can confirm that no further successful adverse possession claims against the OPW were identified. To clarify my earlier reply. To divulge the full address of these properties would...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: As previously noted in the response to PQ 36777 dated on the 3rd July 2025, OPW officials made contact with the property owner by phone on 17th June 2025 and had arranged to meet with him on site at Leacanabuaile, National Monument No. 414 on Thursday 19th June 2025. Unfortunately, Mr. O'Connor could not attend in the end but OPW officials completed a site assessment on that date. The OPW...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: OPW does not employ window fabricators or fitters. There are currently two qualified glaziers employed by OPW. The table below outlines the number of apprentices onboarded in the various trades over the last 5 years. There was no recruitment of apprentices in 2020. Apprenticeship 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Carpentry...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: The information requested is being compiled by the OPW and will issue directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: The information requested is being compiled by the OPW and will issue directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: Localised flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each local authority to investigate and address, and local authorities may carry out flood mitigation works using its own resources. The OPW Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme was introduced by the OPW on an administrative, non-statutory basis in 2009. The purpose of the scheme is to provide funding to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (30 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: The purpose for which the two State owned properties on Spa Road in the Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 were used from 2010 to September 2025 is as follows: Property 1 was vacant from 2010 to 2016. It was under refurbishment during 2017 and 2018 and was used for residential purposes from 2018 to 2025. Property 2 was used for residential purposes from 2010 to 2024. It has been vacant since 2024...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: The land transfer for the relocation of the Turoe Stone has concluded and the land in now in the ownership of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The OPW is currently reviewing the detailed design to ensure that it is in-keeping with the parameters set out in the original scope for the project. Once this review is complete we with then seek Ministerial consent for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: The process of transferring the title of the GPO complex from its current owners, the Department of Culture, Communications & Sport, to the Commissioners of Public Works (OPW) is ongoing. The OPW is leading on the redevelopment of the GPO Complex, as outlined in the Interdepartmental Group on the Dublin City Taskforce’s Final Report and Roadmap for Delivery. As part of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (24 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: The commitment to establish a National Centre of Excellence for the Garda Dog Unit has been set out in the Programme for Government (2025). The prioritisation of this project rests with An Garda Síochána (AGS). In the interim, a ‘Brief of Requirements’ for upgrade works to the existing Garda Dog Unit (Kilmainham) has been received by the Office of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (24 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: The area does not form a part of any Arterial Drainage Scheme which falls under the remit of the Office of Public Works (OPW) under the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945. The OPW therefore, has no responsibility for the maintenance of the channel, nor has any authority to carry out any works there. Localised flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (24 Sep 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works has responsibility for the conservation and presentation of over 780 National Monuments nationwide. At Drumlane Abbey, Co. Cavan a monastery is thought to have been founded by St. Moedoc in the 7th century. The Round Tower dates from the 12th century. Both Drumlane Abbey and the Round Tower are State-owed National Monuments in the care of the OPW but the...