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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (30 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 398 and 399 together. I am advised that Irish Rail, in partnership with Wicklow County Council, has commissioned consultants to undertake the East Coast Erosion Study, including an assessment at the North Beach in Arklow. While the OPW has been consulted on the technical assessment methodology in respect of this work, I am advised that no application has been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (28 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The refurbishment of Fitzgibbon St Garda Station is being carried out in two phases.  The first phase was completed at a cost of €3,439,726.67 vat inclusive. The second phase works are on site and a construction contract to the value of €5,990,415.99 vat inclusive, was awarded on 16 December 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (28 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The estimated cost of the remaining refurbishment works planned for Sligo Garda Station to date is €396,220.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works has been progressing the conservation of the Bunadubber Mill in Co Mayo  for some time and was most recently beginning work to restore the horizontal wheel and carry out structural works internally in the building.  However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the project has had to be delayed temporarily as OPW could not achieve appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The tender documentation for the development of the Leeson Lane Office Building Project is complete and is awaiting approval from the Sponsoring and Sanctioning Authority to issue tender documentation to prequalified contractors as required by the Public Spending Code and the Capital Works Management Framework. The tender issue process and assessment takes approximately four to six months....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: Dublin Port Company is seeking to relocate the current Garda Immigration facility in Dublin Port.  OPW are working with the Port Authority to find a suitable alternative.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (28 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works has not ceased control or involvement with Tully Church, Lehaunstown, County Dublin and it is included as part of the regular maintenance program undertaken by staff from the Trim National Monument Depot.  The site was excluded in error from the earlier response given to the Deputy in respect of the Cherrywood Strategic Development Zone. For complete...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have been advised by Meath County Council that it is currently engaged in the process of procuring Consulting Engineers to carry out detailed design on this project. When this process has been completed, along with the associated tendering costs of the works, the actual cost of the project will then be known.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: A number of Guided Heritage Visitor sites managed by the Office of Public Works have been re-opening to the public in recent weeks and months.  The table attached summarises the position currently and is correct as at Monday 27th July 2020.This list will be amended on an ongoing basis as the status of these, or other locations still currently closed, changes. Visitors should note...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Heritage Visitor sites managed by the Office of Public Works were and continue to be directly affected by the Covid-19 crisis with both year-round and seasonal sites within the portfolio closed to the public during the shutdown.  OPW has been working to re-open operations at a number of sites and in the main, the majority of sites which can re-open to the public have now done...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (28 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the shorter school day for junior infants (details supplied) will be re-examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18144/20]

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have already initiated discussions within the Department. I am a former Minister of State with responsibility for sport and we were trying to develop a national greenways strategy. I have asked the Commissioners and chairman of the OPW to consider this matter. Some of our old embankments are incapable of carrying walkways, but some of the newer ones that we are rolling out present an...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Deputy. Instead of specific numbers that I would ordinarily be asked to respond on, she is asking more of a policy question in the particular context of what is happening at the moment. I do not disagree with what she has said. In recent years, we have seen different types of displacement in our economy, including in terms of what the future of jobs will look like. For...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: On Cloonlara and the area around Springfield in particular, Clare County Council applied under Part 10 for planning permission on 20 July. I lend my support to the council's application for that scheme. The OPW is committed to it. I am a neighbour down the road in County Limerick. We in the midwest know the connection between Cloonlara and Limerick. We have sympathy for the people in...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: Do I have time to respond to the Fianna Fáil Deputies?

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: Much of what Deputy Flaherty referred to is covered in the national development plan under a number of different agencies, including Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Irish Water and the councils. With regard to Deputy Crowe's comments, I do not have responsibility for water in the sewerage system. This is under the remit of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: In response to the Deputy's earlier contribution, I meant to acknowledged the support he has given to the temporary wage subsidy scheme and to the pandemic unemployment payment. We are in the situation with this Estimate where four fifths of our spending has already been reached. We need to ensure that this Estimate is passed for the very people the Deputy talks about, namely, nurses and...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will try to answer as quickly as I can. Some of them are no longer my brief, although they were until the transition. The construction innovation fund is a concept that was developed during my time in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform around the area of building information modelling technology so that we could use best practice in the private sector to ensure that when...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I think I answered it. People take responsibility based on the demands that society as a whole puts on us as a Government. If people have additional responsibilities and are expected to be able to relay those to the House, I think their salaries should reflect the responsibilities of everyone else sitting at the Cabinet table.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: As I already told Deputy Shortall, the rationale for increasing the number sitting at Cabinet was laid out by the three party leaders when the Government was formed. There are increasing demands on all of us. There was a suggestion of Departments being abolished or being merged in advance of the programme for Government, which some interest groups, lobbies and Deputies opposed. There were...