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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I will have to go back to the Minister with all these requests.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I gave a detailed response earlier, but I fully appreciate and understand clearly where the Deputy is coming from. As I said to Deputy McCarthy, this is an area I am looking at. Ministers and Ministers of State have visited the area, including me. I know how important tranche 2 is, but I also know how important tranche 1 is. There are the bigger schemes we are delivering across the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Office of Public Works (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I thank the Deputy. Rathfarnham Castle was built in 1583 and throughout its long and rich history has been owned by Archbishop Adam Loftus, the founder of Trinity College, Speaker Conolly, and the Jesuit Order. The castle is one of Ireland's oldest Elizabethan houses. For most of the 20th century, the castle was owned and occupied by the Jesuits. The castle was declared a national...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 9 together. The launch in 2018 of the flood risk management plans trebled, to some 100, the number of flood relief schemes at design and construction. There remain some 50 schemes, referred to as tranche II, yet to commence work on their design, due to constraints of professional engineering services and skills in Ireland. However, the Government is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I thank the Deputy. The Taoiseach and I visited Midleton and met the people there. I always say in the House that from start to finish, a scheme takes 11 years. It is very hard for people to accept this, particularly when their houses and businesses have been flooded. I understand well the areas in Midleton and the pressures on them. With regard to the other areas in question, I am...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I thank Deputy McCarthy. I know the pressures he is under as an elected representative, as is everyone in this House. I was in this role before and I know the run of the Department but there are still constraints that do not allow us to deliver the schemes as fast as humanly possible. In regard to Lough Funshinagh, when we went into try to do the work there, we had not dotted our i's or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: Lough Funshinagh is a designated special area of conservation turlough and has experienced increasingly severe flooding in recent years. Roscommon County Council has implemented temporary flood defences, including road raising and water level management. The council is being supported by an expert working group comprising representatives from the Office of Public Works, OPW, the National...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I will come back in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I acknowledge and appreciate all the work that has been done, particularly by the people and those in the farming community who live around Lough Funshinagh. It was great to go down there to switch on the pumps. It is great now to see the work on the interim solution coming to fruition, particularly as I was involved with the work on it when I was in government previously. The long-term...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I appreciate everything the Deputy said. She is on the ground and knows exactly what she is talking about. She knows more than those of us who are in government. The pressure came from the Taoiseach to the Tánaiste right down to every Minister who had a role in this. As I said, delivering the scheme is important. I do not know if the Deputy had time to go and visit, but the day...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Burial Grounds (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: The question of whether any persons might be reburied in Glasnevin Cemetery is not one on which I can comment on as Glasnevin Cemetery is the responsibility of the Dublin Cemeteries Trust. Kilmainham Gaol, National Monument 675, opened in 1796 as the new County Gaol for Dublin and closed in 1924. Today the building symbolises the tradition of militant and constitutional nationalism from...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works (OPW) that the Garda station at An Rinn, Co. Waterford is an operational Garda station and the OPW has not been advised by An Garda Síochána that the property is surplus to their requirements. The occupation of operational Garda stations is a matter for the Garda Commissioner to determine in accordance with the operational...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I understand the River Bride overtops its banks upstream and downstream of Crookstown Bridge. Flow paths through properties cause flooding on local and regional roads. The road drainage is unable to discharge to the river during a flood event. The Lee Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme studied the flood risk at Crookstown and did not identify a viable scheme to manage...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: It is the intention of An Garda Síochána to construct a new Divisional Headquarters for the DMR North Division, incorporating an enhanced custody suite for the DMR and a number of specialist training facilities for An Garda Síochána. A number of sites including the Dublin City Council site at Northern Cross are under consideration. Once a preferred site is identified...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 and 53 together. The launch in 2018 of the Flood Risk Management Plans trebled, to some 100, the number of flood relief schemes at design and construction. There remain some 50 schemes, referred to as Tranche II, yet to commence work on their design, due to constraints of professional engineering services and skills in Ireland. However, the Government is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme was the largest study of flood risk in the country, studying the flood risk for some two thirds of the population. Following and based on the CFRAM study, Galway City Council appointed consultant engineers in November 2020 to design an option to protect the city from a significant flood event in the future. The work...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: Ballinasloe has a long history of flooding from the River Suck, Deerpark River and other local tributaries. In recent times, significant flooding occurred in November 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2023. The Flood Risk Management Plan for the Shannon River Basin which launched in 2018, included a recommendation to progress a flood relief scheme for Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. A Project...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: It is the intention of An Garda Síochána to construct a new Divisional Headquarters for the DMR North Division, incorporating an enhanced custody suite for the DMR and a number of specialist training facilities for An Garda Síochána. A number of sites including the Dublin City Council site at Northern Cross are under consideration. Once a preferred site is identified...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I wish to inform the Deputy that the tender assessment and evaluation stage for the Main Contractor for the Clonmel Garda Station project is now complete, a preferred tenderer has been identified and the standstill period has expired. The assessment and evaluation of the Reserved Specialist tenders has also been completed by the Office of Public Works and a Letter of Intent has been issued...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Projects (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is committed to enhancing the visitor experience at our national heritage sites, and Trim Castle, as one of Ireland’s most significant medieval landmarks, is a key priority in this regard. The development of a new Visitor Experience Centre at Trim Castle is part of a broader strategy to improve access, interpretation, and engagement at the site. The...