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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...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Status (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The answer to Deputy Calleary's question is that the review of CFRAM will be announced in a few weeks. On the Deputy's question about flood maps, I can assure him that the CFRAM maps are not being used by Insurance Ireland and I will not allow it to do so. They are done on a regional basis, not on a house-to-house basis. If Insurance Ireland is using maps, it is using its own and not of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: A new ten-year capital plan is in the process of being finalised. The plan, which will be published alongside the new national planning framework, Ireland 2040, will set out the Government's intentions on public capital investment beyond 2021. Details on the exact level of funding over the period 2022 to 2027 cannot be confirmed in advance of the publication of the plan. The Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: There 130 projects coming from CFRAM, of which 47 prioritise that. I need €1 billion to cover all flood sites.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Erne catchment is being assessed under the Office of Public Works and co-operation with the river section in the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. This co-operation is part of the joint implementation of the EU flood directive, and therefore the Erne catchment in both Ireland and Northern Ireland is fully assessed as part of the CFRAM study. On the Erne catchment,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Status (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The following tables set out the position on major flood relief schemes, that is, those that were at construction in 2017 and those that will be at construction stage in 2018. Table 1 (Schemes at construction in 2017) Scheme Status Athlone, Co Westmeath At construction since 2017; expected completion end of 2020 Bandon, Co Cork Construction ongoing; expected completion second half 2019...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works Projects (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Deputy is aware that I did a tour of Monaghan last week and looked at all the areas in question and I gladly take up his offer to visit Cavan. I had thought I would do it on the day but I did not get to it given the number of areas I had to see. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, had me touring the best part of the day. I must give great credit to the two local authorities because they...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works Projects (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Boyne, Inny and Glyde and Dee arterial drainage maintenance schemes are in operation in County Cavan. As part of the annual maintenance programmes, maintenance of approximately 78 km of river channel is scheduled to take place in County Cavan at an estimated cost of €460,000. I am delighted to tell the Deputy that the work will take place this year. Local authorities are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works Projects (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: I appreciate from where the Deputy is coming from on this issue. Cavan County Council works closely with the Department. Where we can expedite the process of delivering under the schemes, we will do so, particularly in the areas mentioned by the Deputy. As I said, the recently submitted application is under consideration and we will respond to the local authority in due course. The pilot...

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...

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

Kevin Moran: The Commissioners of Public Works, on behalf of the State, manage a large and diverse property portfolio, which ranges from office accommodation to heritage properties, visitors centres, Garda stations, among others. As is typical of such large portfolios, there will always be a number of properties, at any given time, that are vacant. These are currently being retained because of their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has an existing capital programme of major flood relief schemes which includes eight schemes currently at construction, eight further schemes to be advanced to construction in 2018 and 18 additional schemes at various stages of design/planning. Work is also ongoing on 10 schemes which are completed/substantially completed and operational but which have some...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government is the lead Government Department with responsibility for co-ordinating the national emergency response for severe weather events such as Storms Ophelia and Eleanor. In discharging the Department's responsibilities in that role, the Major Emergency Management Unit of the Department co-ordinates, collates and reports on assessments of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Jan 2018)

Kevin Moran: The risk of trees falling into the Gouldshill Stream which forms part of the Mallow Flood Relief Scheme, and which could potentially cause an obstruction to the channel, comes within the maintenance remit for the Scheme. The Office of Public Works (OPW) consequently has responsibility for the removal of such debris under the Scheme’s maintenance programme to prevent a likely increased...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (17 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...