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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: Local flooding issues are a matter in the first instance for each local authority to investigate and address. They may carry out flood alleviation works using their own resources or, if necessary, apply to the Office of Public Works (OPW) for funding under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. This administrative scheme generally applies to relatively...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: 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 Office of Public Works (OPW) for funding under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. This purpose of this scheme is to provide funding to local authorities to undertake...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Expenditure (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 128 together. It is a matter for Cavan and Monaghan County Councils in the first instance to identify and address minor or localised flooding issues in their counties. It is open to the Councils to undertake any local flood mitigation works using their own resources or, if necessary, to submit an application for funding under the Office of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The policy of the Office of Public Works (OPW) with regard to non-operational (vacant) properties and sites is to: 1. Identify if the property is required/suitable for alternative State use by Government departments or the wider public sector. 2. If there is no other State use identified for a property, the OPW will then consider disposing of the property on the open market if and when...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: This embankment is part of the 96 kilometres of flood defence embankments on the River Maine Catchment Drainage Scheme which is maintained by the Office of Public Works (OPW).  OPW is prioritising the repair of flood defences which have suffered damage in the storms of recent years.  Prioritisation is based on the severity of damage suffered and the number of properties which are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The query relates to part of the River Maine Catchment Drainage Scheme which is maintained by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Regional staff of the OPW have liaised regularly with the person named. Excessive rainfall has been experienced in recent months which has resulted in a high water table throughout the catchment. The OPW will continue to monitor the situation.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (20 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: As outlined to the Deputy in previous replies to Parliamentary Questions on this subject, the channel in question is part of the River Maine Catchment Drainage Scheme which was carried out by the Office of Public Works (OPW) under the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945. The OPW continues to have a statutory responsibility for the maintenance of this scheme. Each year the OPW carries out work to...

Business of Dáil (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The Deputy only takes the average industrial wage.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: In March 2016 the Office of Public Works (OPW) approved funding of €450,000 to Wicklow County Council (WCC) following receipt of an application from WCC under the OPW's Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme for funding to carry out emergency coastal protection works at the Murrough in Wicklow town. WCC engaged RPS Consulting Engineers to investigate the problem...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: Excluding OPW Arterial Drainage Schemes (schemes which are the responsibility of the OPW) 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 Office of Public Works (OPW) for funding under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: Kildare County Council (KCC), in consultation with the Office of Public Works (OPW), engaged consulting engineers to carry out a Full Feasibility Study, Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA), and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Lower Morrell River and the surrounding river catchment in order to resolve the outstanding localised flooding issues in the Straffan area. A Steering Group which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: On 12 January of this year, the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and other Ministers met the CEOs of the insurance industry to communicate the benefits of flood defence schemes carried out by the Office of Public Works and to discuss the provision of flood insurance in areas protected by flood defence schemes. Subsequently, Insurance Ireland, the representative body for the insurance industry,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Land Acquisition (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the legal representatives of both the Commissioners of Public Works and South Dublin County Council are currently examining the legal issues relating to the ownership of the land in Knockmitten Park, in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, with a view to South Dublin County Council acquiring ownership. The lands in question belonged to a company that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: Following extreme flood events on the River Wad in the Donnycarney area of Dublin City in 2008 and 2009, Dublin City Council (DCC) undertook a study on the River Wad catchment to investigate the problem and recommended possible solutions. The study recommended that an overall flood relief scheme should be advanced in three phases, the first being works in Clanmoyle Estate. The Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The Inter-Departmental Flood Policy Co-ordination Group, as part of its final report to Government, is examining implementation aspects of any future relocation scheme in the context of the schemes to be devised for each of the affected areas under the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. Aligned to publication of the draft CFRAM flood risk management plans for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The Commissioners of Public Works (CPW), on behalf of the State, manage a large and diverse property portfolio which ranges from office accommodation to heritage properties, visitor centres and Garda stations. Within this portfolio of approximately 2,200 properties, there are a number of vacant properties. The majority of those properties currently vacant are former Garda stations and sundry...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Traffic Management (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: I am advised that the relevant Local Authorities are in regular consultation with the Commissioners of Public Works regarding traffic management at the Ashtown Gate of the Phoenix Park and this will continue into the future.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Traffic Management (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: There are already a number of pedestrian crossing points, located throughout the large acreage of the Phoenix Park. As part of a larger scheme of road upgrade works a previous proposal for additional crossing points on Chesterfield Avenue was rejected by An Bord Pleanála. The Commissioners of Public Works will continue to monitor the position in keeping with public safety, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Traffic Management (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: The Commissioners of Public Works implemented a “pilot” part road closure in summer 2012, when a 1.2 km stretch of Chesterfield Avenue, between the Phoenix roundabout (east) and the Mountjoy roundabout (west) - was closed to vehicular traffic at weekends during the summer months. This closure is consistent with the objectives of the Phoenix Park Conservation Management Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (14 Apr 2016)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 147 together. The 2012 and 2013 policing plans for An Garda Síochána identified 139 Garda stations for closure. Many of these properties reverted to the OPW to identify an alternative State use or manage their disposal. The OPW's Disposal Policy with regard to non-operational (vacant) State property is to: 1. Identify if the property is...