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Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am trying to be-----

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am trying to be respectful to the Deputy's party and answer the questions asked by the previous Sinn Féin speaker, Deputy Mairéad Farrell, as well as those asked by Deputy Doherty. She deserves answers to the very important questions she raised. On the issue of capital expenditure within my Department, Deputy Farrell raised a very interesting issue in the context of Covid in...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I point out to Deputy Doherty that I do not come to the House to waffle. If he does not like the answers I give, that is fine, but he should not try to insult people. I am present and I am answerable to the House. I provide answers to the questions I am asked. If he does not like the answers, that is fine. He should try to show a bit of respect.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: Through the Chair, there is a way to take that issue up without insulting somebody who is here trying to answer questions. On the issue of King's Island, as Deputy Quinlivan is aware, it is at design and planning stage. The current level of expenditure is approximately €4.18 million. The expenditure for 2019 is €452,000. I have an interest in this issue because it affects...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will try to respond briefly to the questions from both of the Sinn Féin Deputies.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: This is Sinn Féin's time.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will try to answer both sets of questions because the Deputies are from the same party. First of all, as I said out at the outset, I apologise for the fact that the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, is not available. There is a Cabinet meeting on the July stimulus which he had to attend. Deputy Farrell referred to a lack of detail in the Revised Estimates. We are fully prepared to...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move the following Revised Estimates: Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised Estimate) That a sum not exceeding €42,745,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2020, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, for certain services...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: Clare County Council (CCC) is the contracting authority in relation to the proposed flood relief scheme in Springfield/Clonlara, with funding provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW). The current position is as follows: I am advised and pleased to say that the Part 10 Application for Springfield was submitted by CCC to An Bord Pleanala on Monday 20th July while an associated...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: For a number of years, The Office of Public Works has closed a section of Chesterfield Avenue (from Mountjoy Roundabout to the Phoenix Roundabout) to vehicular traffic on weekends from end of April to the end of September each year. In implementing this closure, traffic was diverted from Chesterfield Ave onto the North Road and the Odd Lamp Road. However, these roads are now experiencing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Covid-19 certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17773/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (22 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: Barryscourt Castle is located near the village of Carrigtwohill in Cork and is owned by the State, with the exception of a Dower House property there which is still retained by the Barryscourt Trust, the original owners of the property. The Castle was discovered in recent years to have significant problems with damp penetration which caused the internal electricity system to become...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (22 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The proposed flood relief scheme for Crossmolina, Co. Mayo, is progressing broadly in line with the current programme. Some delay has been experienced in recent months due to the consultants being unable to carry out the final environmental surveys during the nationwide Covid-19 shutdown. To minimise these delays, the project team worked to progress all other tasks that could be safely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (21 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy can forward to me any correspondence he has on this because it will be of help to us. If we have a role in this, we want to be clear with the Deputy and the Dáil, but the wider question he has raised is something I am already attuned to, which is the ownership of the monuments versus those who manage, protect and oversee them. There is an issue in that respect that I would...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Projects (21 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Deputy. I have a very short reply but if he asks a supplementary question it might improve matters. The provision of walkways and cycleways is a matter for local authorities and the OPW does not have any function in the role. The OPW is responsible for the maintenance of embankments that form part of arterial drainage schemes completed under the Arterial Drainage Acts. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Projects (21 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I totally agree with Deputy Griffin. A commitment I will make is to explore this further. It is accepted that the existing and the older defences, which would be the traditional ones we are all used to seeing throughout the country, might not have the capability to have any sort of walking or cycling infrastructure placed on top of them. However, in terms of some of the newer ones, this is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Projects (21 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Deputy knows, because an element of this is that we both have had the lashes on our backs on occasion in regard to the development of greenways, greenways and cycleways are often dependent on the goodwill and the permissive access of landowners. Any changes to the way the Office of Public Works would go about the design and roll-out of any kind of flood embankment would have to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Employer Economic Forum (21 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Deputy. As he is aware, the Labour Employer Economic Forum, LEEF, was established to bring together representatives of employers and trade unions with Ministers to exchange views on economic and employment issues as they affect the labour market and which are of mutual concern. The Government has not been prescriptive about what organisations have a seat at the LEEF but has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Employer Economic Forum (21 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Deputy. I will communicate his point to the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath. I know it is a commitment by this Government, as it was with the previous Government, that SMEs would have access. I know the former Minister with responsibility for enterprise, Deputy Heather Humphreys, facilitated access and the current Tánaiste is doing so as well. My old role which involved...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (21 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Deputy for his question. As he states, the Office of Public Works is responsible for the maintenance and operation of a defined list of approximately 700 sites in the State. Some of these include properties like Newgrange, Kilmainham Gaol and Dublin Castle, which are well known and visited by significant numbers of international tourists every year. However, most of the...