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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 54. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the facilities of Midleton Hospital after the devastating floods during Storm Babet; if he will provide the details of the funding available for repairs to the hospital; if he will provide a timeline for a return of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48224/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 80. To ask the Minister for Health if he would provide an update on any HSE facilities that were damaged after the devastating floods during Storm Babet; if he will provide the details of the funding available for repairs to these facilities; if he will provide a timeline for a return of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48225/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (9 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the additional supports that his Department will provide for a local authority following the devastation of Storm Babet (details supplied); how quickly this funding will be made available to the same local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (9 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timelines for the additional supports his Department will provide for a local authority following the devastation of Storm Babet (details supplied); if his Department will provide funding towards further machinery to help speed up the repairs across the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48227/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: I want to ask about recent flooding in my constituency, particularly around the Midleton area. Last night I met residents in the Woodlands area, as did Deputy Stanton, and in Willowbank. Significant sums of money are needed to help with clean-up operations, with tree-felling, with interim repair works to private bridges and roadways, as well as for preventative measures for flooding. Would...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has any immediate plans for sourcing a temporary location for a crèche that got flooded during Storm Babet recently (details supplied); if he will give financial supports to the crèche to help it get back on its feet as the owner was unable to obtain flood insurance; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Weather Events (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the extra funding being made available to Cork County Council for the repair of local roads which have been devastated during Storm Babet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47776/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will expedite a scheme in County Cork by the OPW under the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme (CFRAM) in County Cork (details supplied); if such area has been designated with Tranche 2 status under the scheme; if he will acknowledge that there is now an urgent necessity to bring forward these schemes owing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will liaise with a relevant local authority, the Office of Public Works and other relevant stakeholders to carry out the necessary appropriate screening assessments with respect to a stream (details supplied) in County Cork which bursts it banks during Storm Babet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47774/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in assessment of the amended Stage 1 Report, which was submitted to her Department as requested in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47928/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to the intended works for the previously approved additional school accommodation application of a school (details supplied); if her Department will update the school as to the timeline for these works in the context of the addition of an ASD unit to the project, given that she advised in June that the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 1003. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will help a local creche (details supplied) in east Cork which was flooded during Storm Babet with immediate extra funding to get it back up and running to help the 100 parents to get back to full-time working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47775/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: I support my colleague, Deputy Stanton, on this. There is an urgency around getting mitigation measures put in place which the Minister of State will be familiar with. We must wait a period of time before the flood defences can be built. I welcome the funding being made available to progress this as a matter of urgency, but obviously we have to go through the statutory and regulatory...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 10 o’clock I want to ask about the release of emergency funding. The Government will be familiar from Tuesday's Cabinet meeting, and indeed from the six members of the Cabinet who visited areas in Cork in recent days, of the utter devastation that has been caused by flash flooding in the area. Many communities have experienced colossal damages that will require many millions of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for the information he has provided. It is interesting to see the level of urgency that is being shown by the OPW around the scheme. I know that the Minister of State, having seen the damage, will do his best to try to push the scheme on. My colleague, Deputy Stanton, will go into this in further detail in the next question. My question pertains to the senior...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: I appreciate the response. I recognise the presence of the Minister and the Minister of State here this morning. It is appreciated. A strong delegation came down from the Cabinet. A strong number of Ministers of State came down very quickly. To the public it may seem frustrating to see politicians showing up for photographs, but that was not the case. Tuesday's Cabinet meeting agreed a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline details of the emergency funding to be provided following the devastating flooding in Midleton and the wider east Cork region; what timeline is available for these funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47034/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: I thank the officials, and people from Irish Water, for being here this morning. First, they would be familiar with the fact we had devastating floods in east Cork in recent days. I acknowledge the superb work that was done by people on the ground with the local authority. As Mr. Doyle will be aware, we have a new county manager in Cork, Ms Valerie O'Sullivan, who took over only a couple...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: By the end of it, however, will there be approximately 4,000?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: As part of that transition, it is interesting what is required in terms of the work Mr. Gleeson's organisation will have to do. I am particularly thinking of ground staff who are working with wastewater. Whether it is human waste or, indeed, industrial waste, is it not very dangerous work?