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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (8 May 2019)

Kevin Moran: For those who cannot access materials online, the full document of the 'Draft Phoenix Park Visitor Experience Strategic Review' is available to the public at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre along with a detailed exhibition and an executive summary of the draft report. The materials will remain on display until 29th May, 2019 and the period for observations will conclude on 30th May. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (8 May 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works recognises the importance of the Rock of Cashel as a major site in terms of the tourism industry and as a unique piece of our cultural heritage. Expenditure at Cashel falls under three general headings: - Light Maintenance; (eg: whitewashing, weed and grass clearance, fencing, small masonry repairs etc) - Visitor experience; (eg: Interpretation material, light and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (8 May 2019)

Kevin Moran: The following sets out the amounts spent on maintenance at Farmleigh Estate and the details of the types of maintenance works which were carried out from 2016 to 2019 (to date). 2016€160,919.31 Maintenance works included repair of water main, excavation of drainage swales, pointing of walls and repairing stone, works to road surfaces, works to Courtyard, insulation and dry lining to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (8 May 2019)

Kevin Moran: The cost of maintenance and upkeep of Steward's Lodge is included in the overall operational costs of Farmleigh estate and therefore it is not possible to directly apportion specific upkeep costs to Steward's Lodge. Steward’s Lodge at Farmleigh Estate was used on the following dates: 2016 1st - 4th January 16th and 17th, 28th March 30thJune 12thSeptember 23rdOctober 1st, 18th,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme (8 May 2019)

Kevin Moran: On April 11th2017, the Government agreed the administrative arrangements for a once-off Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme for those primary residential properties that flooded between 4thDecember, 2015 and 13thJanuary, 2016. This is a national scheme of humanitarian assistance, targeting aid at those worst affected properties, for which there are no alternative feasible measures. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: River Basin Management Plans (8 May 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has statutory maintenance responsibility for those Catchment Drainage Schemes completed by the OPW under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995. The section of the River Ward referred to forms part of the Broadmeadow and Ward Arterial Drainage Scheme and is included in the OPW's 2019 maintenance programme. Work includes the removal from the channel of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (8 May 2019)

Kevin Moran: Very good progress has been made on the implementation of new flood relief schemes in County Donegal since I announced, in May 2018, 29 Flood Risk Management Plans for all the main river basins. These Plans identified a total of 118 flood relief projects to protect the main flood risk areas throughout the country, 15 of which are in County Donegal These Plans and projects are a key part of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (8 May 2019)

Kevin Moran: In 2010 and 2017, the Office of Public Works (OPW), through its Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme, provided Waterford City and County Council with financial support to allow flood mitigation measures to be completed in the form of the construction of earth bunds around part of the perimeter boundary of the property referred to by the Deputy. The Voluntary...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (8 May 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works is funded to protect designated National Monuments which are defined in legislation. Along with many other similar structures, Terreraght Castle is not a designated National Monument and therefore OPW has no responsibility or funding to undertake any works required at it.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (8 May 2019)

Kevin Moran: In preparation for the Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2018 in the Phoenix Park, a number of historic Park gates were removed for health and safety reasons to ensure the safe and free movement of people attending the Mass. As part of the project plan for the temporary removal and reinstatement of the gates, under Section 5 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, the Office of Public...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Kevin Moran: I have never passed the buck since I left school and that is a good few years ago. I told councillors in that area that we all need to sit down together, including the local authority, and find a proper solution to this issue. The Deputy is correct that everybody is passing the buck. That will remain the case until we all sit down together and are led by the local authority, however. I...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (18 Apr 2019)

Kevin Moran: Very good progress has been made on the implementation of new flood relief schemes in County Donegal  since I announced, in May 2018, 29 Flood Risk Management Plans for all the main river basins.  These Plans identified a total of 118 flood relief projects to protect the main flood risk areas throughout the country, 15 of which are in County Donegal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (18 Apr 2019)

Kevin Moran: As indicated in my reply to the Deputy’s Question on 5 March, 2019, I am fully committed to the delivery of all flood relief capital projects in the quickest possible timeframe and I can assure the Deputy that all projects are being progressed with that objective in mind. The Office of Public Works (OPW) is advancing an extensive programme of flood relief projects and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (18 Apr 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study (CFRAM) is the Office of Public Works (OPW) largest ever study of flood risk in Ireland. It identified 300 communities (and approximately eighty percent of properties) at risk from rivers and the sea. Ninety of these communities were coastal communities. The OPW has undertaken detailed analysis of the 300 communities including the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Architectural Heritage (18 Apr 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works is responsible for the care and maintenance of heritage sites in State care. This includes the National Monuments portfolio which comprises approximately 1,000 Monuments on a total of 768 sites and which is, I understand, the specific area that the Deputy is enquiring about. The OPW’s maintenance responsibilities to this estate encompass both regular light...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (18 Apr 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works through the Arterial Drainage Acts has submitted the proposal for the Glashaboy Flood Relief Scheme to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for formal Confirmation. The Minister will, over the coming months, undertake an environmental assessment of the proposed scheme. This assessment will be in line with required legislative requirements and will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (18 Apr 2019)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works has allocated €1,524,000 for the day-to-day maintenance and operations of the Phoenix Park this year. This allocations provides for: - the maintenance of landscape, gardens and infrastructure within the Park including roads, playground, footpaths, railings and historic fixtures such as the gas lamps - the maintenance of vehicles and fleet - the upkeep of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (18 Apr 2019)

Kevin Moran: Decisions in relation to property acquisition under the National Monuments Acts, 1930-2014 is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Such acquisitions tend to be made only in exceptional cases where a monument is not otherwise adequately protected. The Commissioners of Public Works have responsibility to care for and present already designated...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (17 Apr 2019)

Kevin Moran: Bunadober Mill (also known as Moran's Mill) is a National Monument in State care since 1996 and responsibility for its maintenance and protection falls to the Office of Public Works.The Mill is a surviving example of vernacular rural industrial heritage which contains a particularly notable horizontal mill wheel and other historically-important mill machinery. The strategic aim is to conserve...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Closures (17 Apr 2019)

Kevin Moran: I have been advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that two former Garda Station buildings in County Cavan have been sold.  These are Finea and Tullyvin. No former Garda stations in County Monaghan have been sold. The former Garda station at Shantonagh, Co. Monaghan was a leased property and this lease was surrendered following the closure of the station. The following table sets...