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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: Following the severe storms of December 2013 and January 2014 and based on estimates provided by the local authorities concerned, funding of up to €69.5 million was made available for a programme of repair and remediation works to roads, coastal protection and flood defence and other public infrastructure damaged in the storms. Of the total amount of funding available, up to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Closures (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the following former Garda Stations were sold from 2007 to 2017 in County Longford and County Westmeath: Year Property AMV Sale Amount 2007 Former Garda Station, Longford, Co. Longford * €2,000,000 2008 Former Garda Station, Granard, Co. Longford * €40,283 2014 Former Garda Station, Ballymore, Co. Westmeath...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The primary objective of Government policy on coastal flood protection is to ensure that in areas identified as being at greatest risk of damage or loss of economic assets through coastal flooding, appropriate and sustainable measures are identified to protect those assets and, where such measures are economically justified on cost benefit grounds and compatible with all required...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: Before a likely date can be announced, staff from the Office of Public Works and the National Monuments’ Service of the Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht must land on the island, assess any weathering damage to it over the winter months, complete an assessment of the work necessary to rectify that, and estimate the effort necessary to make the pier, slipway, landing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme, which is being undertaken by engineering consultants on behalf of the OPW working in partnership with the local authorities, involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme, which is being undertaken by engineering consultants on behalf of the OPW working in partnership with the local authorities, involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: On Sunday 21 January 2018, an extreme flood event occurred on the Mulkear River catchment following significant rainfall. Preliminary investigations by the Office of Public Works (OPW) of the flood event, which included review of the hydrometric gauging stations that monitor water levels within the overall Mulkear catchment, indicate that record high levels were reached. A residential...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme, which is being undertaken by engineering consultants on behalf of the OPW working in partnership with the local authorities, involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme, which is being undertaken by engineering consultants on behalf of the OPW working in partnership with the local authorities, involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (25 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) owns the site known as Murdock’s Carpark which incorporates Westgate House and the remains of the old town wall. For the past number of years a portion of land to the rear of Westgate House and in front of the Garda Station has been managed, by agreement, by Louth County Council (LCC) for the purpose of a public car park. All charges in relation to this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Derelict Sites (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: Under Section 28(2) of the State Property Act, 1954, land vested in or held in trust for a body corporate immediately prior to its dissolution, (other than land held by such body in trust for another person) becomes property of the State in the person of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The interest acquired by the Minister is described as a defeasible interest as it may be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Commissioners of Public Works have no current requirement for additional accommodation in the Killarney area and therefore it is not intended to purchase the property.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (23 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The number of visitors to Maynooth Castle for the years in question were as follows: Year Total Visitor Numbers to Maynooth Castle Numbers that availed of a guided tour. Total Visitor Numbers to Maynooth Castle 2014 25,2682014 15,38425,268 2015 21,8432015 10,81921,843 2016 21,8922016 10,09121,892 2017 (Provisional & subject to change) 22,7862017 (Provisional & subject...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each location, the development of preliminary flood risk management options and the production of Flood Risk Management Plans. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The data gathered from the recently installed Hydrometric Gauge on the Hazelhatch Stream has assisted and informed the OPW and Kildare County Council engineers in analysing and identifying the causes of recent flooding in the area. The OPW understands that the more frequent flooding experienced in the area was due to a blockage of the culverts at Willow Dale and Willow Avenue...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme, which is being undertaken by engineering consultants on behalf of the OPW working in partnership with the local authorities, involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme, which is being undertaken by engineering consultants on behalf of the OPW working in partnership with the local authorities, involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Minister for Finance has overall responsibility for the Government’s flood insurance policy. The Office of Public Works is continuing to deliver a significant programme of capital investment to address existing flood risks to properties and infrastructure through major and minor flood relief projects, in partnership with local authorities. To the end of 2017, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) carries out a programme of Arterial Drainage Maintenance to a total of 11,500 km of river channel and approximately 730 km of embankments nationally. These maintenance works relate to arterial drainage schemes completed by the OPW under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995. The OPW has a statutory duty to maintain the completed schemes in proper repair...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties Data (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: I have been advised by my officials that the Office of Public Works has been notified by two Local Authorities that three sites have been placed on a vacant sites register. Two sites identified by Dublin City Council at St. John’s Road/Military Road, which are in effect one site. Dublin City Council has estimated the levy liability at €517,500. This case is currently under...